School: Baile an tSratha (roll number 17014)
- Location:
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séarlus S. Ua Baoighill
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- The cure for toothache is to get a frog and put it into the mouth. Another cure for toothache is to get to a blacksmith and ask for three horse nails “For God’s Sake” and put them into a tree hanging over water.The cure for erysipelas is to get the ends of three candles burned over a corpse.The cure for a cut is (not) to get a dog of any king and let him lick the cut, and it will not turn septic. It is really a good cure.If the father and [mother?] are of the same name and if they had a son, the son would have the cure of the mumps. The actions done in this cure is to put the winkers of a donkey on the person and lead the person to a river. This remedy is supposed to be a good cure.
- Collector
- Cathal Britton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Britton
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal