1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile na Cille

School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Éinrí Ó Mainnín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0014

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0014

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile na Cille
  2. XML Page 0014
  3. XML “Local Cures”
  4. XML “Local Cures”
  5. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Local Cures
    When they got cramps they made a hole through a cork through which a cord which they tied around their necks and left it on until they were cured.
    Thomas Martin
    Lisheeny,
    Kylebrack.
    Loughrea.
    Information by John Downey
    Bonyknave,
    Kylebrack.
    Loughrea.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    There is a holy stone with the imprint of St Patrick's knee on it, in the townland of Liss in the parish of Ballinakill. It is supposed that there is a cure for warts in the water which is in the print.

    Eileen Dervan
    Brogue,
    Kylebrack
    Loughrea.

    Information by
    Martin Dervan,
    Brogue,
    Kylebrack.
    Loughrea.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit