School: Carrigaline, Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Mhic Conchoille
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 078
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Carrigaline, Ráth Mhór
- XML Page 078
- XML “Old Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Whooping cough.
(1) The leavings of the ferret.
(2) Pass child under and over a donkey's back nine times and it wont whoop.
(3) If "mac mic gabhann" gave you a soc ceadhcha without asking for it, it would cure the whooping cough by tying it around the childs neck.
(4) Donkey's milk will cure it.Ringworm.
(1) A person born on Good Friday and baptised on Easter Sunday had the cure for it in his index finger
(Dr. Dineen Claddagh)
(2) The seventh son of 7th son in succession has the same power. Warts.
(1) To spit on them (fasting) for nine mornings (also slime of a snail rubbed on)
(2) Put meat into a bag and hide it understone.
(3) Put a stone for every wart into a bag and throw it at "Lus na mbánta" boiled with goats milk was also used.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- J.C. Dineen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Hollymount, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Twomey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Inches, Co. Cork
