School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)
- Location:
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 121
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- (continued from previous page)19 The cure of the bleeding nose is get a cold stone and hold it to the back of your head
20 The cure of the thrush is get ivy leaves and sew them together and make a cap of them.
21 The cure of the Mumps is drink asses milk
22 The cure of the chin cough is to tie a piece of red flannel around your neck
23 The cure of the sting of a wasp is rub a half of an onion on it
24 Or March Mallow and we have it at home and it is the cure of the swelling
25 Another cure for the chin cough is walk out under an ass while he is eating oats.
26 Another cure for the warts is raw potato rubbed on them
26 If you burn an old shoe and mix the ashes with grease and rub it on your warts and it will cure them
27 The cure of hoarseness is honey but if you took too much of it it would be bad(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Gaffney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Gaffney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Earna, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Mrs Gaffney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cluain Earna, Co. na hIarmhí
