School: Askamore (roll number 15675)
- Location:
- Askamore, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Margaret McGrath
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- To cure stiffness in sinews or bronchitis on chest, goose grease was rubbed on the chest. It is a very lucky thing to keep in a house.
To cure a rash black button water was used. This weed was boiled and the juice was applied to the rash.
To cure heart-burn it is a good remedy to drink bread-soda in milk or water.
To cure stomach ache boiling milk and pepper gives good relief.
To cure whooping cough it was a very good remedy to cough down on a frog in a can of water.
To cure warts it was a remedy long ago to rub a snail on the wart. then the snail was tied in a sceac and as the snail faded away the wart also disappeared.
- Collector
- Rosaleen Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Askamore, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr Michael Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Monasootagh, Co. Wexford
