School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Cúil Dabhcha, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 263

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 263

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  3. XML “Cures for Rheumatic Pains”
  4. XML “Cures for Rheumatic Pains”
  5. XML “Cures for Whooping Cough”
  6. XML “Cures for Sore Eyes”
  7. XML “Cures for Sore Eyes”

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  1. (a) A good cure for "whoopingcough " is to drink mares milk three times a day.
    (b) Another is to go uder a donkey three times and eat bread from the donkey's mouth and the whooping cough will get better.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. (a) A good cure for sore eyes is to take ten jags from a gooseberry bush and point nine of them at the eye, and then take the tenth and throw it away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. (b) Another cure is to wash your eyes with cold tea.
    (c) Take the top of cream and put sugar along with it and rub it on the sting,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
          1. leigheasanna ar ghalair ar dhaoine
            1. súile tinne (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Deeny
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    M. Doherty
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Cúil Dabhcha, Co. Dhún na nGall