School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (B.), Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Ráth Ó gCormaic, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Créigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 151
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Thrush on baby's tongue:
Rub honey to the tongue.
Bee-stings:
Rub blue to the sting and then wash it in boiling water.
Measles:
Drink three spoons of goat's milk boiled with sheep dung for three days. Curtha síos ag Seán Ó Dálaigh, ó innsint a athar,Pádraig Ó Dálaigh,An Pháirc, Ráth-Ó-gCormaic. Aois 50----------------------------
- Foe stings of nettles:
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When you get a sting of a nettle by accident it is very sore.If you get a dock root at that moment and keep it to it very tightly for two minutes it gives immediate relief.
Itch:
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If you boil nettles in water and strain te water off them and leave it cool for a few minutes.Then it should be taken for a week twice a day.It would cure the itch.
For a tooth-ache:
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The best cure for a bad toothache is oil of cloves or Jeyes Fluid.
Sore eyes and burns:
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For sore eyes the best cure is to wash your eyes with cold tea for a week.The cure for a burn is carrion oil and limewater.
