School: Dún na Lochlannach (roll number 11987)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Mhainín
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- Long ago the people had a lot of cures for boils, ringworm, chincough and thrush.
The seventh son or the seventh daughter has a cure for boils and ringworm.
Mrs. Fox in Barra is able to cure boils and ringworm, by blowing her breath on it three times after sunset.
A woman who never saw her father has a cure for thrush. Strong black tea is a cure for sty's in the eyes, and the smoke of a tea package is good for a stye in the eye.
The soup of a hedgehog is good for chincough.- Collector
- Jack Keary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughrea, Co. Galway