School: Killurney, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Killurney, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 301
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“Dandelions would cure warts. ...”
Dandelions would cure warts.
March-mallows would cure a sore or a swelling. You should boil them and put the juice of them on the sore or a swelling.
If you walked barefooted in the dewy grass in the summer time you would not get any chilblains the following winter.
When your head would get hurt a blue stone would keep down the swelling.
If your nose is bleeding a key put down the back of the neck stops the blood.
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“A Dockroot cures the sting of a nettle. ...”
A Dockroot cures the sting of a nettle.
The black clay in the wood cures the sting of a wasp.
A Snail or the milk out a Dandelion cures warts.
Fill a bag with stones and leave it on the side of the road, if anyone takes it up he will take the warts.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Anne Harvey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyknockane, Co. Tipperary