School: Béal Átha Gearr
- Location:
- Ballygar, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0186
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- (continued from previous page)two folds of a silk scarf and then put it to your throat.ii) Earache was cured by putting baked onions between two folds of a cloth and put it to your ear.iii) A cure for the Yellow Jaundice was for anyone subject to it, there was a certain well in the village, and that person had to go fasting to that well for nine mornings before sunrise and drink from the well each time.iiii) Asthma and bronchitis were cured with Carraigín Moss by burning it and putting to the head of the affected person for a few minutes. v) A sore eye was cured by getting a gooseberry thorn and sticking it in the sore place.vi) Whooping cough is cured by milk that is left over after a ferret.vi) A wart is cured by getting a ball of washing soda and to keep rubbing it off the wart until it is gone.vii) The seventh son or daughter is supposed to cure ringworm.
- Collector
- Máire Ni Dhálaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlass, Co. Galway
