School: Dún Mór (cailíní)
- Location:
- Dunmore, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín Halliday
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0080
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Take a piece of the nail of each finger and each toe. Then get nine pieces of different kinds of iron, put the patient through a skein of woollen thread nine times. Afterwards bury nails and iron in a place where they will never be recovered and the patient is supposed to be cured of convulsions for the remainder of his life.
- Cures
1.heard from Peter Noonan
2. Kildare, Williamstown, Co. Galway.
3. Aged 72 years.
Farmer.Burdock (Cradán) was boiled and the liquid drunk as it is a great blood purifier. The wild carrot was used for curing kidney trouble. Broom was used to cure gravel, kidney trouble fever pain and it was used as a blood purifier. Tail Worm in cattle was cured by cutting the tail(continues on next page)
