School: Newtownforbes (B.) (roll number 6612)
- Location:
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Teacher: F. Mac Énrí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0757, Page 061
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- Long ago people used not have any hospitals and chemists, and they made cures and medicine out of herbs by doing certain things.
If a person had a wart he rubbed the juice of Robin-run-the-hedge on it and that cured the wart.
If a person had a toothache he would put a frog into his mouth and the toothache would go.
If a person put Jeyes Fluid into his mouth it would also cure toothache.
If a person had bad blood he would drink the juice of Elder berries and that would purify it.
If a person got a "Tálach" in his hand he would tie a piece of cloth on his hand and the Tálach would go.
If a person dipped washing soda in holy water and made the sign of the Cross on the wart , the wart would go.
A cure for a sore throat is to put salt into a stocking and tie it around(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lamagh, Co. Longford
