School: Domhnach Maighin (roll number 15142)
- Location:
- Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Pádraic Ua Muirgheasa
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 026
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Domhnach Maighin
- XML Page 026
- 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
- PilesThe roots of pilegrass are boiled and the juice is drunk by the person who has the piles. They will be cured immediately.Touch me NotThe touch me not is a little sore that comes out on your fingers, or toes. It is so sore that you cannot touch it. You get an herb called the touch me not. You mix salt, soot, and cream that stays on the edge of the churn and hungry grass is a long blade of grass called the fear garta. Mix all these as a poultice and put it on your finger at night and in the morning it will be all right.BurnYou get a mancreeper and lick him and then lick the burn and then it will get better.Sore TroatYou get a rag roast salt on the fire and then put on the salt on the rag and put it on your neck your troat will get better soon after-words.
