School: Belcarra (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Heireamhóin
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- Charms and Cures
If you had boils and to wash them where the waters of the three mearings meet they would get cured. Also if you went out early in the morning and to cell on the echo to cure your boils it would . If you had warts and to wash them in the waters of a rock. If you were not looking for it the warts would get cured. You must say "Holy water on the rock I came here to cure my warts.
Long ago if a person had a rash the cure was to lift the hearthstone and put the person a for few minutes,
The seventh son of a family has a cure for the ringworm.
- Collector
- John Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loona More, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Dempsey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
