School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Ráth an Tóiteáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 270
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- It was from the wood of the elder tree that Our Lord's Cross was made. They say it is not right to bring any of this tree into a house.
- Collector
- Mary Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Bhoscaigh Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Keeffe
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Bhoscaigh Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
- There is a plant called the Yarrow which grows wild and when it is boiled it is supposed to cure rheumatism.
- Collector
- Paddy White
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Shaileog, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Shaileog, Co. Chorcaí
- The Dandelion cures rheumatism.
- Collector
- Mary Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bottlehill, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Burke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bottlehill, Co. Chorcaí
- The Buachalan (buachalán buidhe) is a cure for goitre.
- Collector
- Sheila Cronin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Cloichín, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Cronin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Cloichín, Co. Chorcaí
- Soap and sugar well mixed is a very good cure for boils (skin eruptions).
