1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cartrún

School: Cartrún

Location:
Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 195

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 195

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cartrún
  2. XML Page 195
  3. XML “Local Cure for a Burn”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cure for a Burn

    Share Share Post
    195
    Local cure for a burn
    In olden times the people of my locality did not use so much doctors' medicine as they do now because they cured themselves by the herbs that grows in the ground.
    It is said Mrs Evans, Tarmon, Co. Leitrim has the cure of the burn. She first gets the inner bark of the elderberry Tree and boils it in unsalted butter along with some herbs, for about one hour.
    She then strains it through cheese-cloth and
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. burns (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Guihen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Redican
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Roscommon