Irish Cures

Irish Cures – Cheap at half the price

If yer lookin’ for a cure
Look no further than here
For we have a cure for every ill
That befalls human or farm animal alike

If ye have mumps or bumps about yer lugs
Wear a horse’s harness about yer person
Or if yer trouble is sprains and pains
A prayer from a spittly man in Strabane
Will see you right as rain

Now, a cut potato rubbed on warts
Will soon get rid of the pesky things

It’s always good to change your socks
But if your swallow is givin’ ye jip
Wear them ‘til they stink the place out
Then at night before you lie to rest
Tenderly tie them round yer gullet

Nettle in and dockin out
A rhyme we learn as a wee child
But if your blood is in a heat
Nettle soup is yer remedy.

A Guinness a day if yer feelin’ poorly
Will improve yer health in double quick time
Ah, but nowt can cure a broken heart
Like the twinkle of a promise
In your new bows eyes

GM Hill 2019