School: Leithrinn
- Location:
- Lerhin, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Labhradha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)a decade of the Rosary. He put the twine around the person's head and sent them home. When the headache was gone the man took off he twine. The cure for a burn was to scrape a raw potato and put it with the burn. If a person sprained his foot the cure for it was to wash it in water that boiled potatoes. The cure the old people had for a cut was to get a feather and leave it on the cut. When a person had a sore throat they filled a stocking with coarse salt and heated it by the fire and put it around their neck. The cure for teethache was to catch a frog and leave his head on the tooth. The cure for a wart was to steal a bit of bacon from someone, to rub it on the wart and then hide it under a stone. There was also cures at blessed wells. There is a bush in Leitra called the Blessed Bush. There is a well under this bush. Anyone who took a drink from this would be cured.
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Fhloinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ahaun, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Seán Mágh Fhloinn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ahaun, Co. Galway
