School: Cor Bealaigh
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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- (continued from previous page)and served on plates.
- They would make black puddings. When they would kill a pig the blood would be kept in a basin. They would put oat-meal and salt in it. Then they would eat it.
- Cures were made long ago out of herbs. Asse's milk and ferrets leavings were cures for chin cough and whooping-cough. Goat's milk was a preventitive of consumption. To eat a little sugar and to hold the wrist of the hand tight was the cure for a hiccough. If a person had worms in his stomach the cure was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bartly Queenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muingwore, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Battle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muingwore, Co. Sligo
