School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)

Location:
Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Héimhthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 172

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  1. There are different cures for different diseases. A person who had cancer went to a quack who boiled herbs and rubbed them on wherever the person had the cancer which is usually on the finger. A few days ago a woman in Toughboy had the disease of cancer went to a quack. He got herbs and boiled them, and put a poultice on the finger that was infected. After a while he pulled the finger until he had all the flesh that was on the finger to the second joint pulled off. She is quite better of the disease now.
    People who have diseases also visit holy wells. There is a holy well in Kilmore. People go there on pilgrimage from April to August. All the people of the parish who have diseases go there if possible. They make the Stations of the Cross and if they have faith they will be cured.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Fhíneachtaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Finnerty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Finnerty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon