School: Caisleán hAicéid

Location:
Castlehacket, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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  1. List of diseases and their cures.
    Diseases.
    The whooping cough.
    Whatever medicine the owner of a white horse says.
    Toothache.
    To kill a frog and to put a piece of it against the sore tooth for twenty four hours.
    Rheumatism.
    To leave a briar across the persons back.
    The fairy illness.
    A dose made from an herb called (?) and a pint of boiled milk.
    The mumps.
    A plaster made from the juice of an orange, a boiled nettle, a spoon of soda and a cup of milk.
    I got those cures from
    Tim Kearns,
    Caltra,
    Caherlistrane,
    Co. Galway.
    Age 73 years
    Eddie Kearns,
    Pollnahalia,
    Caheristrane.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pollnahallia, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tim Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Caltragh, Co. Galway