School: Cluain Laighean (B.)

Location:
Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 246

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  1. Rub a black snail on a wart to cure it.
    Clay from a graveyard mixed with hot milk cures falling sickness.
    A hair from a dog that that bites you will will cure you if you rub it on the bite.
    The docken leaf will cure a burn from a nettle.
    Water got in a hole on a stone will cure a wart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Treanacally or Hagfield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Grady
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Address
    Treanacally or Hagfield, Co. Mayo