1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Loughkeeren

School: Loughkeeren

Location:
Knockatemple, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Anna M. Warde
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 116

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 116

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Loughkeeren
  2. XML Page 116
  3. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    Local Cures
    Sprain:
    The cure for the sprain was to rub goose grease on the sprain and it would cure it well.
    Fainting:
    'Bleeding' was at one time a cure for fainting.
    Delicacy:
    Boil Dandelion, Robin-run the -hedge, Heart's Ease, marsh Mallow in water and take a glass of it every morning.
    Mary Keane
    Knockatemple
    Ballyvary
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockatemple, Co. Mayo