School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- Ros Mhic Thriúin, Co. Loch Garman
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 082
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Scoil na mBráthar
- XML Page 082
- XML “Home Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Eagles-Foot. A type of a butter-cup plant found in marshy places. It is a very good cure for a cold in the head.------------Cure for a burn. The old people say that butter and flour, mixed, is good for a burn.------------A bite of a dog. A hartstongue is a good cure for a bite of a dog.------------A good remedy for drawing a thorn is to get a bit of cobbler's wax and spread it on the painful part.------------To cure warts. Rub lightly with washing soda.------------A cure for a rash : Get some nettles, and boil them. Then drink the juice.------------Cure for pains : Ash tree leaves, when crushed are very good for pains.------------Blackberry - Leaves. Blackberry-Leaves are good for bowel complaints. You should take the leaves from the branch and boil them. When they are boiled you should drink the juice and you would be cured.------------Dandelion is good for the liver, if you boil it and drink the juice you will be cured.------------
