School: Sceichín an Rince, Cloichín an Mhargaidh
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- Sceichín an Rince, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Dómhnall Ua Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 004
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- (continued from previous page)Toothache. Drink mares milk to cure tooth aches.
Vomiting. Kill a chicken and take the skin inside the gisard roast to ashes and mix with milk to drink, that will cure vomiting.
To cure a whittle dip your finger in boiling potatoe water.
Rickets. The third generation of a blacksmith would cure Rickets in a child before sunrise.
'Whittle' If you had a whittle and to hold it under a cow dung it would cure it.
Sore eyes. Bath sore eyes in cold black tea or bathe them with their fasting spit.
Boil water and put it in a bottle and spill out the water and put the water on top of the biles.
Yellow Jaundice. Boil snails in new milk and when the milk is boiled take out the snails and drink the milk and it will cure Yellow Jaunders.
Backache. Donkeys milk is good for a weak child. Boil potatoes and lie on top of them while they would be hot and it would cure a backache.
Burn. To melt the wax of a blessed candle and mixed it with unsalted hog's lard is a great plaster for a burn.(continues on next page)
