School: Trentagh (roll number 16331)
- Location:
- Treantagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Nic Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 042
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- (continued from previous page)Kilmacrennan, and it is in the Parish of Glen-Swilly.
- Cures.
Long ago people used to go out and gather chicken weed, and then they heated it, and put it on swellings as a potice. They pulled dandy-lion root and stewed it and strained it, and bottled it, and it was a good cure for indigestion.
Some people go out on crutches to Doon well, and when they rub the water on their sores, they can leave their crutches at the well, and go home cured.
There is an old woman who can cure sprains, and her name and(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs Katie Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tirargus, Co. Donegal
