1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

Location:
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 450

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 450

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
  2. XML Page 450
  3. XML “Local Cures”
  4. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    bottle. Fill with water that has been boiled. The shake until the bluestone is dissolved.
    Deafness : Get the fat of the goose. Then melt it and pour a drop into the ear at night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    Leeches are used for bruises, boils and congealed blood, it is put on the sore, and draws out the badness.
    Cold running water is used for sprains.
    Washing blue is used for the bite of an insect.
    Spanish onion juice and demereara sugar is made in to a syrup for a cough.
    A sore throat cure : a spoon
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Spearman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ormond Street, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Spearman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Ormond Street, Co. Tipperary