School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)16. Water cress. is good for a bad stomach. It is eaten raw.
17. Leeches. Leeches are good to draw the bad blood from an injured part of the body as they suck out the blood. The old people called them "Súgairí."
18. Tobacco is a cure for a toothache. It should be cut small and put down on the tooth.
19. Garlic is a cure for a pain in the stomach. It should be boiled in milk and strained and the brewage drank.
20. Blackcurrant jelly. is good for a sore throat.
21. Dock-leaf is a cure for a sore lip when it is applied to it. In the head of the dock-leaf a funnel-like stem is to be got. It is white and should be opened out and applied to the lip. The stem contains a sticky white matter.
22. Black Weeds are good for pains. The weed should be dried and rubbed to the part effected.
23. Primroses are good for hoarseness. The person that would be hoarse should eat them.
24. Snails are a cure for choking in the chest. The slime of the snails is to be drunk(continues on next page)
