School: An Daingean, Cuinche
- Location:
- Dangan, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Stiofán Mac Clúin Treasa Ní Chonmara
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30.5 . 38. Cures : Corns.
The leaves of the Celandine .
To walk in the dew barefooted .
Ivy that the sun does not shine on.
To rub the sheep's suet .
To rub with ground sugar mixed with cream.
To apply ground chalk.
To cut an onion in two and to put the cut side up to the corn.To apply a piece of fat bacon .
To apply caster oil to corn.
To make a paste with bread soda and paraffin oil and apply to corn .
Ivy leaves steeped in vinegar.
Droppings of geese applied between two pieces of cloth to the corn.
The 'pith'of baker's bread steeped in Vinegar.
To get some ivy lives ,mutton suet and breadsoda and to chop and mix together until they form an ointment.Then apply to corn.
William Clune ,Ballymarkham,Quin,Co Clare.told me his father used to sew a piece of linen cloth about the size of(continues on next page)
