School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cluain Meala

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Greenan, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
An tSr. Treasa le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 082

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  1. 11th June 1937
    Information obtained from
    Mrs Hickey
    West Gate. Clonmel
    Old Cures
    Three meals of nettles eaten in May are supposed to keep you from sickness throughout the year
    To wash a persons feet in potato water, the water that potatoes are boiled in is a great cure for sore feet
    If a person had worms an old pair of shoes filled with linseed oil would take them out
    Three pence worth of glycerine with the juice of a lemon is good for a cough
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary