School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

Location:
Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 364

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  1. (1) Milk or food left by a ferret is a cure for whooping cough.
    (2) Boiling a nettle and drinking the juice is a cure for the measles.
    (3) There is a well in Leitra and if you put your hand or foot into it it would cure ili if ili were was sore.
    (4) If you put a dock- leaf near the fire and then put it round a sore foot it would cure it.
    (5) If you sprained your ankle and held it under running water it would cure it.
    (6) If a dog bit you, you should put some of the dog's hair into the cut and it would cure it.
    (7) If you met a man on a white horse he could give you cure for whooping cough.
    (8) If you found a stone with water in it, it would cure a cut.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chris Treacy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tom Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway