School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 122
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- The whooping cough is cured by walking out under an ass foal's legs.A thorn was taken out in former times by leaving a foxes tongue over the place where the thorn was.Bee Sting. If the bee is allowed to draw out the blood when he is seen stinging a person then the sting will not affect that person. A bee's sting a wasp's sting and a clag's sting are cured by putting a blue bag into water and squeezing it down on the sting.A sprain is cured by holding the spot where sprain is under a waterfall.Eye trouble. Hugh Gallagher makes ointment for sore eyes. He gathers herbs and pounds them. Then he mixes butter with the pounded herbs.A hiccough is cured by take a drink of water.A cold is cured in this way: warm butter-milk and sweeten it with about two spoons of sugar and then drink it.A burn. If soap is scrubbed on the affected part immediately after getting the burn it will be alright. Miss Benson, [?] makes ointment for curing burns. She makes it out of herbs and oil.An old cure for corns was to rub them with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- James Benson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo
