School: Gort Inse Guaire
- Location:
- Gort, Co. Galway
- Teacher: P. Ó hÉanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0156
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Toothaches; A grain of soda.
Sore Eyes; Bade them in water and salt
Sore Lip: The Woodbine leaf.
Deafness; St Patricks cabbage
- Raftery the Irish poet was travelling between Killcolgan and Craughwell. A heavy shower of rain fell and he went under a bush for shelter. After a while the bush began to leak down on top of him, He stood out from the bush and made a terable curse in Irish on top of it. The bush never blossomed green since and is still sound. From that day to this is known as a "Sceach Teircthe"
- There is a well in the bounds of Clare. It is known as Tobar Mic Duaigh. St. Colman slept in it. There is a cure in the place around for sore eyes or a pain on the head. Saint Colman has a path from nGlann Colum Cille to the end of Bothar na Mias
