School: Johnstown, Arklow
- Location:
- Johnstown Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Nelly Bolger
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 026
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- (continued from previous page)Cure from a sting of a bee :- Rub blue bag on the sting.
Cure for the ear ache :- Pour heated olive oil into your ear.
Cure for a cold in your head :- Rub vasalene on the bridge of your nose.
Cure for a sore eye :- Bathe it in cold tea.
Cure for a person in a faint :- Place person lying flat on back with feet resting on a chair.
Cure for a deep bleeding cut :- Wash it in warm water and spread a thick spider's web on the cut
Cure for a burn :- Soak a piece of soft cloth with parafin oil and leave it on the wound for a couple of hours. If blisters appear use the white of an egg frisked in olive oil till thick and apply with feather.
Cure for exemia :- Apply one coating of ordinary starch.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Bhrían
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Roisín Ní Dhiomsaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballygriffin, Co. Wicklow
