School: Claonar agus Carraig, Cill an Mhuilinn
- Location:
- Killavullen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 252
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- To cure jaundice boil wild primroses in water and after a couple of minutes strain them. They should next be boiled in milk and again strained. A cup of the strained milk taken inn the morning with a little sugar will cure the disease.
- To pass a child three times under a donkey was an old cure for the whooping cough
- The juice of a lemon is good for a cold.A fasting spit or a gold ring rubbed to the eye is a good cure for a sty.It is a good cure for a toothache to put a frog into the mouth and squeeze it with your teeth until it croaks three times.
- Informant
- Patrick Falvey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Lissanisky, Co. Cork
