School: Cill Tormóir (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Kiltormer, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Rós, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0299
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- Cures in Olden TimesLong ago people had many cures for different disease. They did not believe in doctors, and they said that if a doctor came into a house where a person was sick, and he cured him every person in the house got the disease. The cure for ring-worm was the seventh son of a family, to blow his breathe on it and make the sign of the cross over it.The cure for wild-fire was the blood of a man named Walsh.The cure for heart burn was to swallow a frog alive. There was a man not very many years ago, his name was Marty Coleman and he was very subject to heart burn. He told the people who ever would bring him a frog he would pay them and they saw him swallowing them alive.The cure for a swelling was to boil a cow-dung in new milk for ten minutes and when it was boiled to put it between two cloths for two days and nights to it. The cure for a delicate child was ass'es mile or goat's milk.The cure for sore feet was clay from a grave.(continues on next page)
