School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)
- Location:
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 406
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- Crib-making
Crib making was done by boys(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Núnáin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- (continued from previous page)Thrush-Remedy:-
The seventh son who has never saw his father would cure thrush by breathing into your mouth three mornings in succession.
Asthma-Remedy:-
By crawling under a donkey's stomach would cure asthma.
Leprosy-Remedy:-
Leprosy was cured at the Teampullin in Camphire, Cappoquin. If you picked the herb off the wall on all Saint's Day and boiled it, it would cure certain diseases.
