School: Domhnach Maighin (roll number 15142)
- Location:
- Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Pádraic Ua Muirgheasa
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- RheumatismIn the townland outside ours there is a hill called Clann Áilis because there was a little house built on this hill. Any person who had rheumatism would go to that little house and be made sweat in it and then they would get cured.MeaselsThe measels are red spots that come out on the skin. This is the cure:- you boile nettles three times in the day in milk and drink juice when it is is middling warm.ToothacheThe toothache is a soar which comes in your teeth. If you will make a promise that you will fast from some thing on one day of every week until you die you will never have a toothache. If you promise that you will never shave on a Sunday until you die you will never have a toothache.WhitlowThe Whitlow comes on our finger. Any person is liable to take it. Nobody can cure it only a maid. There is a woman named Corrigan that cures it with herbs.RoseThe rose is a sore which can come on any part of the body. The person that the sore comes on can cure it themselves. They rub their hand three times to the ground and three times to the sore and say the Hail Mary.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Beagh, Co. Monaghan