School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)
- Location:
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 050
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Béaloideas - Diseases and Cures
Warts. For warts the old people used to hang a snail and while he would be dying the wart would be going.
Rash.The old people say a fasting spit is good.if a person rubbed a fasting spit to the rash it would go.
A pain in the stomach.For a pain in the stomach the old people used to pick dandelions and boil them.When they would be boiled the old people used to put the water of the dandelion into a bottle and put brown sugar into it.
Cough.Garlic is very good according to the old people .If a person got burned ink is very good or soda.
Rheumatism.An herb known as the cat's paw is good.To break it up.
Craos-galar.A posthumous person could use it.She could blow her breath into the child's milk and it would cure the child.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs James Mungoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Connolly, Co. Clare
