1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. St. Brigid's (B.)

School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
M. Gúld
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 071

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 071

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: St. Brigid's (B.)
  2. XML Page 071
  3. XML “Cures”
  4. XML “Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    A cure for a sore is to let a dog lick it.
    To stop a fresh cut from bleeding put a cobweb on it.
    A cure for chilblains is to rub a piece of turnip on it every night.
    A cure for a tooth ache od to put hot pepper on the tooth.
    To cure a lump on head is to put a cold stone to it and it will go down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Cures

    Share Share Post
    A cure for a lump on your head is to put a cold stone on it.
    A cure for a sprained wrist is to put a bolt on it.
    A cure for a tooth ache is to hold your mouth over a cup of boiling water.
    A cure for bruise is to bathe
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward O' Neill
    Gender
    Male