School: Charleville, Tullamore

Location:
Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Bhealóg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 017

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 017

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    Earache
    Rub cotton wool in olive oil and out it in your ear.
    Toothache
    If you find a tooth belong to a dead person out it in your mouth and you will never have it again.
    Chillblains
    Rub paraffin oil on them
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Sprain
    Bathe in hot water for considerable time then plunge affected part in cold water
    Colic
    Go to a spring on May morning and take three sips in the name of the Trinity
    Toothache
    Go to a graveyard, get an old tooth stick it in the mouth and you will never get a toothache again
    Sore eyes
    Get a goose berry thorn and put the sign of the Cross on the stye as the thorn withers so will the stye disappear
    Warts
    Get a small stone for each wart rub the stones on the warts and the warts will disappear
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cecil Watson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killurin, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr A. Watson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Killurin, Co. Offaly