School: Ballygibbon, Baile Mhistéala

Location:
Ballygiblin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Riagain
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 132

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 132

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballygibbon, Baile Mhistéala
  2. XML Page 132
  3. XML “Local 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

  1. St Antony's Fire:_ Application of Cahills Blood.
    Mumps:_ A poultice of roasted salt.
    Ring Worm:_ With the blood of a black cat make ring round affected part.
    Sore mouth:_ Get child to breathe on it three mornings in succession.
    Chilblains: _Apply paraffin oil before the fire.
    Ear ache:_ Dip some sheeps wool in castor oil and put into the ear
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English