School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 113

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    If a patient had Whooping-Cough he was ordered to be put between an ass's legs nine times.
    For pains or stitches on the chest put a mustard plaster on the affected part. For tooth-ache put the plaster on your left elbow for the space of five minutes. Nettles were boiled and eaten to purify the blood and clean the stomach.
    Black currant vinegar was recommended for sore throats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Patrick Rogers
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow