School: Cadamstown, Kinnitty

Location:
Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
B. Ní Chuignigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 184

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 184

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  1. for yellow jaundice - a herb from the field boiled in milk or porter and used four times a day after meals.
    for a burn - Laurel leaves fried in lard
    Children suffering from whooping cough - they are to be put in under an ass and brought out over his back three times
    For a person fainting - the perfume of burned feathers
    For a stye - a thorn of a goosberry tree
    For pimples - a fasting spittle mixed with dust to be rubbed on
    For Ring Worm - gun powder mixed with black ink
    To prevent a bruise from swelling - a grit stone to be kept tight on it for a couple of minutes
    For warts - a snail to be rubbed on them three times
    For rheumatism - white celery.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Spink, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Obdt. James Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55