School: Connach, Inis Céin (roll number 10557)
- Location:
- Connagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0306, Page 248
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- When a person has a toothache if he puts a frog into his mouth and makes him scream three the toothache is cured.
When you have craos-galor if you put a gander's beak into your mouth and make him breathe three times you will be cured.
When a person has whooping cough if he goes over and under a spanish donkey three times the person will stop whooping.
A cure for a headache is to wash your face in the dew before the sun rises on a May morning.
A cure for a burn is to rub cow's fresh manure to it.
A foxes tongue draws a needle or glass out of any part of the body.
The water of the holy well in the townland of Ballvalone is taken by people to drink and the heal wounds.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maighreád Ní Laoghaire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Dromfeagh, Co. Cork
