School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 02_004
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- In olden times there were no chemist shops But the old people had cures of their own.
For a back ache they used flax and salt.
If you happened to get a bad cut rib grass and butter.
For a gum boil rasted rasins. Mumps were cured by a plant called gladam.
They used to cure stys by getting ten gooseberry thorns they throw away(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Muriel Donohoe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr Edward Donohoe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
