School: Gleann Fhaoilidh (Gleneely)
- Location:
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 266
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- To cure whooping cough the old people put the child under a donkey three times in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. While doing this the donkey got a plate of oatmeal and what the donkey left was made into an oat cake and it was given to the child and made it better. The milk that a ferret would leave would cure whooping cough also. To cure ring worm a ring is made round the spot with a match and ink in honour of some saint’s name. Only the person that has the charm can do this. Some people can cure the “whittle” by making a plaster out of herbs. The seventh son of a family can sure the “evil”. If a child is born on Whit Sunday it will kill somebody or be killed itself.
Written by Seamus Mac Conaill,
Mounthall,
Killygordon
- Collector
- Séamus Mac Conaill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Mounthall, Co. Donegal
