School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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- (continued from previous page)6. A cure for lumps in the throat: roast salt and tie it around the neck in a stocking.
7. A cure for the hiccoughs: drink a cup of water.
8. A cure for a wart: rub wartweed on it
9. A cure for sore eyes: put cold tea to them.
10. A cure for a sprain: rub goose-grease to it. - 1. Cure for a wart: steep a piece of raw beef in vinegar for a night then put it on the wart and it will fall off.
2. Another cure: wash your hands with the water in which the blacksmith cools his irons.
3. Cure for cataract: boil a wild flower called agrimony and drink the juice.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crois Ghearla, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- Brigid Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crois Ghearla, Co. na Mí