School: Coolfancy, Tinahely
- Location:
- Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Conaill
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- Old CuresFor boils it was usual to get a dock leaf and rub the boil with it. Then bury the leaf. When the leaf withered the boil was cured.Poulticing - a roasted potato dipped in buttermilk was used as a poultice.Stings - When a person got a sting of a nettle, he got a dock lead and rubbed the affected part with it saying "Dock, dock, take the sting away: if you don't I will give you a slap in the face".To cure a choking cow - Put a think lath or stick in the animals mouth; tie a rope round her horns and to each end of the stick. This will prevent her from swallowing.Erysipelas - flour and whiskey mixed will cure this complaint.
- Collector
- Teresa Rawson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow