School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

Location:
Laghy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 101

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    She also talked with Kate many a time and knew her to be much interested in herbs Kate said that the ignorance of people about simple growing things and their value was a great pity and loss
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. My uncle John Gorman of Greaghs who is about eighty years of age told me of the following diseases and their cures. He said there was a cure for the Mumps, the Toothache, Warts Heart Fevour, Strain and the Rose.
    This is how the cure for the Mumps is made. People that have the cure of the mumps their father and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal