School: Clareen, Birr
- Location:
- Clareen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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- Consumption: (1) Boil mullion leaves in milk and drink it. (2) Dig a foot deep in lea ground and breath over it every morning.
Wildfire: Go to a person whose father and mother had the same surname. He or she will draw blood and rub it into the affected part. (2) Forge water (3) Burned wheat.
Toothache: (1) Put garlic into your shoe
(2) Rub garlic behind your ears
(3) Drink ice cold water
Whittloe: Dip in very hot potato water
A cold: Drink scalded buttermilk
Sore throat: Pot fried salt tied up in a stocking and wound round the neck
Hoarseness: Drink new milk and sugar boiled. Beat white of egg to a stuff froth with sugar and eat it.
Sore or stuff knee: Rub with goose grease.
Chilblains: Rub with hogs lard dipped in pepper.
Whooping cough: Food got form two married persons of the same name but not related to one another.
A cough: Sit with feet up to the knees in hot water. Keeping more hot water added for about 1/2 of an hour. Then get into bed between blankets and remain in bed a couple of days. Drink scalded buttermilk.
