School: Broadford, Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Broadford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Guagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0491, Page 118
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- Doctors were scarce in olden times, and people did not have much faith in their healing for a long time. Many of the older women were very wise, and had many handy remedies for the cure of their families and neighbours; thus, when a child fell ill with the "whooping cough", the first man who came the way with a white horse was asked,
"Man with the white horse, what will cure the whooping cough?" (or "chin cough" as it is sometimes called). The man would day,
"Give some boiled milk or tea, three times a day". and after a few days the child was cured.If a child suffered from thrush, the gander was secured, fasting, for three mornings in succession and his bill inserted in the child's mouth for three mornings, and the child was cured. If a child suffered from "rash" which was threatening to spread over a large portion of the body it was take to a "healer". This(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farrihy, Co. Limerick
