School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)young children. First a white coating came on the tongue and the child would get very heavy and sick. It was said that a posthumous child could cure this by breathing three times into the child's mouth.
When they got a pain anywhere, the people got the fat of a goose or gander and rubbed it into the skin where the pain was. This was also a cure for sore legs.
For sore eyes cold tea was used. It was rubbed into them every night and morning until they were better. There was a well in this district called(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Kelly
- Gender
- Female
