School: Scoil na mBráthar, Loch Garman (roll number 16742)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: An Br. D. C. Ó hÉilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 331
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- (continued from previous page)Sting of Bee Cure: When you get a sting from a bee on the hand, get a "blue rag" and immediately lay it on the sting and tie a bandage around it and leave it remain there for a few hours and your hand will not swell. A Birth mark Cure: If a child has a birth mark a very good cure is to go to a wake and bring the person with you and touch the birth mark with the head of the corpse and as the corpse decays the birth mark decays.
- Heart-burn Cure: Chew the bark of a fir stick.
Pain in stomach: Chew dandelion.
Sty on the Eye: Stab with thorn of gooseberry bush nine times.
Fever: Heat cabbage leaves and place them on the soles of the feet.
Consumption: Eat black cockles.
Pain in the back: Carry a raw potato in your pocket. - Collector
- Victor Devereux
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Trinity Cross Roads, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs Culleton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
