School: Island Parish

Location:
Ballina, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 341

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 341

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  1. Cure for Chilblains.
    Burn a sally rod and rub the ashes of it on them.
    Cure For a Sore-ear.
    Get a small piece of a ash tree and put it in the fire. Get the juice that comes out of it and put it on a piece of cotton - wool. Put this in your ear and it will soon go.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Walshe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Offaly
  2. Chilblains can be cured by rubbing Wagon Grease on them at night or by washing them in very hot potato water.
    A Cure For a toothache.
    Smoke brown or black paper and let the smoke go near the tooth
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.