School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)
- Location:
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
- Teacher: C. Ó Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)thereby loosening the knots. This was done nine times. This cure was called "Cleas na péiste".To improve the appetite.
A cure to improve the appetite was to boil wild sage with water for a couple of hours and make a drink of it. It was put into a bottle then and some of it was to drunk every day."Toothaches."
A cure for toothaches was to go to a graveyard at midnight for three nights in succession and take a bite of grass off of a grave each night."Ringworm",
The cure old people had fro ringworm was to write your name around with ink."Bad Stomach",
A cure for a bad stomach was to get soot and make a drink of it and drink some of it each day."Warts,"
A cure for warts was to fill a little paper bag with stones and put it on the road.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Con Cahalane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Slattery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
