School: Sruthar (C.)
- Location:
- Shrule, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Éanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)Ringworm was cured by writing the person's name around the edge of the sore.
A plant called the "buachaill tighe", which grows on the edge of house gables, was used as a cure for corns.
The water in a stone trough in a blacksmith's forge was used to cure warts.
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- Collector
- K. Kavanagh
- Address
- Cahernabrock, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Martin Kavanagh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cahernabrock, Co. Mayo
- chicken weed is very good for a swelling in any part of the body. Bugless in an herb that is used for making a plaster for sore by boiling it with oatmeal. A cure for pock is to boil together hog's lard and quicksilver, and to put the mixture on as a plaster. Asses milk is a very old cure for whooping cough.
