School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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- The "feochadán" is good for measles. One day long ago a man was very bad with measles. He was a very poor, and could not pay a doctor to come to cure.
His wife went out and dug a "feocadán" root. She brought it in and boiled it well.
When all the root was boiled She gave the water of it to her husband. A few hours after the man was better.
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“If a person had sore eyes it is very good to bless them with your spit every morning before breakfast.”
If a person had sore eyes it is very good to bless them with your spit every morning before breakfast, they would cure.
It is also a cure for sore eyes to bless them every morning.(continues on next page)
