School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Cill Mhic Eoghain, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 143
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“If a person had sore eyes it is very good to bless them with your spit every morning before breakfast.”
(continued from previous page)with a green stone, and tea is also a cure for sore eyes.
A cure for pneumonia is to put the tail of a black cat into your mouth. It is said to boil potatoes, and put them into a cloth, and to put them to a person's back if they would have a backache.
The oil of a whale is a cure for rheumatism. This cure is very much used in this place, because most of the old people get this disease. The butter-cup is a good cure for mumps. A very good cure for colds is carrigeen moss. This must be drunk after being boiled. An other cure is a peeled turnip cut in slices and left boiling for about an hour. Sugar must be mixed with it. It must be left boiling until it is thick. This is very good for whooping cough. If there is a boil in a person's leg the old people boil(continues on next page)