School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 505

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  1. The cure the people had for toothache was limestone and sut.
    The white of an egg was supposed to cure thrush.
    The food left behind by a ferret was to cure chin cough.
    The people used to go to a holy well to cure sore eyes.
    Warts was cured by washing them in a flash of water upon a stone or rock.
    A child born after his fathers death as supposed to have cures such as healing boils.
    The seventh son or daughter was also supposed
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo