School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire de Staic
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- I.
In olden times the only cure
the people used have for sore
eyes was ivy boiled and then
the eyes washed with it.
The cure they had for
ring-worms was a fasting-spit.
A person would spit on the
hearth and keep rubbing it
on until it would be of
a dark colour and then rub
it on the ring-worms. Soap
cut small mixed with sugar
was a cure for drawing
boils. Long ago when peoples
used get headaches they used
go to a weaver and he
would tie a woollen thread
around their heads three times
and he would leave it on
for a few days and then say
a prayer over it.
- Collector
- May Joyce
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Joyce
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
