School: Cill Fhíonáin (B.) (roll number 15992)
- Location:
- Cill Fhíonáin, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 095
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- (continued from previous page)Prepare for death and follow me (On tombstone)
Ans:- To follow you I'm not content
Until I know the road you went.
- If you get burned with a nettle moisten a dockleaf with your spittle and put it up to it for a few minutes then you will get relief. Eating Dandelion leaves is a cure for asthma or for kidney trouble. An ivy leaf steeped in vinegar is a cure for corns. If you suffer from rheumatism beat the affected part with a nettle. It is also a cure for red mourne in cattle. To cure a pain in the back boil together ivy leaves carbolic soap and washing soda and rud it to the affected part. A raw potato rubbed to a burn gives relief. A weed called the mouse weed boiled in milk ives relief for a sore throat. Looking through a gold ring is a cure for a sty in the eye. To bath it with cold tea is another cure. If you get a cut in your body get a dog to lick it. A man suffering from pain in the back can get relief if he has seven sons by getting the seventh to walk on his back. A sore called 'wild-fire' can be relieved by writing your name on it. To rub warts with your spittle for nine mornings while fasting is a cure.(continues on next page)
