School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Gort na mBó
- XML Page 81
- XML “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
- "Cures"cures – Long ago the people used to have a lot of cures. They used to cure many things. The juice of a dandi-lion [dandelion] was good for a weak heart. There was a "capóg" know [known] as "Capóigín Ṗáḋraic" for curing biles. The juice of some shelli-strings is good for curing yellow-jaundice. The juice of tobacco is also good for that disease. Ointment made from sugar and red soap is good for pimples. The sour part of a sink of water called "múlaċ" is good for a swollen udder of a cow.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo