School: Charleville, Tullamore
- Location:
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Bhealóg
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Warts
Tie a piece of horse hair round them and it cuts it away from the root
Sprain
Make a poultice of hot bran and out it on them
Sprain
Old people say to pump plenty of cold water on it
Head-ache
Put a cloth in cold water and tie it round the head.
Cold
Old people say to sit with back to the fire for ten minutes then jump into bed
BAck-ache
A clergyman went into a house one day where an old man had a back-ache and he told him to lie down on the floor and get his wife to walk up and down his back for five minutes
Wildfire
Kill a black cat and rub the blood on the wildfire.
Chillblains
Rub an onion on them
Toothache
Chew a woodbine leaf and rub it on the gum
Whooping Cough
Goto a gas house and he smell of it is said to cure it.
Corns
Chew an ivy leaf and spit it on the corns(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bessie Bagnall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonminch, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Bagnall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonminch, Co. Offaly
