1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Domhnach Maighin

School: Domhnach Maighin (roll number 15142)

Location:
Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Pádraic Ua Muirgheasa
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 023

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 023

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: Domhnach Maighin
  2. XML Page 023
  3. XML “Cures”

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. Cures

    Share Share Post
    Jaundice. Anyone the suffering from jaundice has to go and get leaves from the jaundice tree and boil them.Drink the juice.Then bury the leaves in the back of a fence.The only tree of its sort in this country is at Lanagh village.It is the property of Fitzjames Mac Kean
    Bloodpoison. Get any ordinary carrot and grate it then put it into the poisoned part.If the effected part is not opened you must not scratch it until you will draw the blood.
    Ague. Swallow a live frog and you will be cured
    Toothache. When you get the toothache look for a creeper called Gods horse, put him into your mouth.Keep him on the tooth you have the toothache in.It will get better in a wee while. You are not to swallow the creeper
    Dirty Mouth. Any person who is born after his father dies has the cure for dirty mouth.The curer blows his breath on the person who has dirty mouth and they are cured
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monalia, Co. Monaghan