The Little Book of Irish Grannies' Remedies

You won't dare be ill if an Irish granny takes charge.

They all have a list of remedies guaranteed to shock anyone back to health.

Sometimes they work - sometimes they're so disgusting it's easier to recover! - For a sore throat, tie a worsted stocking filled with hot potatoes around the neck - For bronchitis, chewing ivy leaves may do the trick; otherwise smear a paste of finely chopped garlic on to brown paper and apply this to the sufferer's chest - For a bad cough, mix honey and lemon with flour to form a thick paste, then eat the result Mutton fat mixed with beeswax, and perhaps a few camomile flowers for burns, or otherwise the ubiquitous cow's urine and dung; salt for dog bites; onion for bee stings; dock leaves for nettle rash - these are only a few of the remedies you might have expected from that powerful matriarch, the Irish granny.