School: Borris (C.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 452
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- (continued from previous page)(7) Apply dandelion juice to the warts.
(8) Knot straw, touch warts with knots & then bury the straw in a hole in the ground.
(9) Make a hole in a potato, put salt in it and when dissolved, rub solution on the wart.
To cure Ringworm cover it with an ointment made of unsalted butter & burnt straw or else with moist washing-soda.
To cure Indigestion, swallow about 1/4 teaspoonful of washing-soda every morning before breakfast.
To cure a Burn (1) cover the wound immediately with bread-soda.
(2) Cover it with elder leaves & leave them on until the would dries up.
(3) Cover it with linseed oil in which a piece of Blessed Candle has been melted.
(4) Cover it with brown paper dipped in cold water.
To cure Boils, Festerings, Bruises, & Abscesses apply ointment, composed of brown sugar, unsalted butter & soap.
To cure a Sore Throat:
1. Wrap a stocking of hot salt around(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Clancy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
