School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 408
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- The leaves of elder trees are an old cure for sore eyes. The leaves must be first boiled, and the juice is brought from them must be rubbed to the eyes.
Rub your fasting spit every morning to warts, and in a short time they will disappear
A ferrets leavings of milk is a cure for the chincough or whooping cough.
Asses' milk is used as a cure for consumption and nettle seed is also a cure.
Cloves are a cure for bad coughs. It is also used as treatment for cancer.
Elder flowers are a cure for rheumatism gout and cold.
The juice of the oak bark is a gargle for bad throats.
Ground ivy is a cure for skin diseasesBlackberry is a excellent tonic for diarrohea cases.
Blackcurrants are a cure for hoarseness and sore throat.
The sting of a bee is a good cure for neuritis.
A sudden fright is a good cure for hiccup.
- Collector
- J.J. O Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycannan, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs O Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Ballycannan, Co. Clare
