School: Behymore

On this page

1. Local Cures (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   get better

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Local Cures

   

   Share Share Post

   There are two stones for curing head-aches near Ballina. There is one at St. Patrick's well and there is an other at leigue. Many young children take the disease which is called Leicneac. This disease is cured by going to a pig sty and saying muc muc cabhair chuzar an Leicneac seo.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

3. Local Cures

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   I asked my grandfather to tell me some local cures. He told me that in olden times every plant and leaf in the field had its own cure. He then told me as many cures as he could think of. He told me that when a person has a toothache to put some garlic in milk and boil it. Then to eat a certain amount of it and it will cure the toothache. When a horse has a bad cough to get two plants called the "Teatherflew" and the

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ned Rafter

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Uí Thuathaláin, Co. Mhaigh Eo

   Informant

   Martin Rafter

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male