School: Caisleán hAicéid

Location:
Castlehacket, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0152

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  1. 1. A piece of a foxes tongue is good for taking out a thorn. You would only have to rub it along the spot where the thorn is and it would draw it out.
    2. The milk the ferrit leaves after it is a cure for the whooping cough. If you drank it twice a day, in the morning and int he evening you would be cured in three days.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie O' Dowde
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluidrevagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs O' Dowde
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Cluidrevagh, Co. Galway