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School: Cuilleán

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Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
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León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 036

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    Austin Canny got the following information from his father William Canny, Boleyboy. He told him that his mother, Mary Tarpey could cure headaches with "opraining"[?] threads.
    She used the threads for measuring the heads from the bottom of the nose to the poll of the head and say a latin prayer over the persons head. It was a charm she got from her mother Mary Tarpey when she was dying. A lot of people used to come to get their headaches cured. The cure would not be successful unless the person left something.
    Water lodged in a stone is good for banishing warts if it is poured on them for three days in succession.
    Nora Kelly got the following information from her grandfather, James Neary, Carrintulla[?] whose age is 81[?] years.
    If a person would eats three feeds of nettles in March, he would be preserved from all diseases through the ensuing year. If a person had sore eyes a good cure for them is to boil ivy leaves ad rub them on the eyes. Three feeds of boiled nettles are good for curing sore feet.
    Annie Daly Crimlin, Irishtown got the following information from her uncle Michael
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    If a person would eat three feeds of nettles in March, he would be preserved from illnesses through the ensuing year. If a person had sore eyes a good cure for them is to boil ivy leaves and rub them on the eyes. Three feeds of boiled nettles are good for curing sore feet.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Neary
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Tootagh, Co. Mayo