School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

Location:
Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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  1. In olden times people found cures for illness generally from herbs.
    One cure for faulty blood was an herb called wild celery which was boiled down to make a drink.
    The Irish people in former times were very superstitious and some of them believed that if a hairy caterpillar was found accidentally it was a cure for whooping cough if stitched in a little bag and tied around the neck of the person who was suffering from the cough.
    There is a well in Feltrim called Saint Brigid's Well. It is visited by people with sore eyes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Peter Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin