School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)
- Location:
- Droichead Átha, Co. Lú
- Teacher: S. Mac Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 130
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- When a dog is getting blind and old a cure to stop the blindness is to boil an ivy leaf and put the stem of the ivy leaf at the dog's eye lash & keep pushing back the ivy leaf.
A cure for a sty in the eye is to get cold tea & bathe the sty with the cold tea & it will cure it.
If iodine is put on a boil before a top comes on it it will cure the boil in a couple of days.
Celery eaten raw or boiled will cure chilblains.
If vaseline is put around a boil it will stop more boils coming.
There is a cure for any one that is dying. If you get cinders & boil them, then throw them out & then boil them again. Give a cupful or two of the water to the dying person & it will cure him.
- The cure for a sting of a bee or wasp is to rub it with a blue bag.
To cure a sore throat fill a stocking with hot salt & put it around the throat. - Collector
- Betty Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gairdíní na Tríonóide, Co. Lú
