1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Mount Talbot

School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)

Location:
Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Héimhthigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 177

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 177

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: Mount Talbot
  2. XML Page 177
  3. XML “Local 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. Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    3.5.'38
    In olden times there was one man in almost every village that used to tell people how to cure any ailment they would have. If a person got a cut he was told to put an ivy leaf on it. If a person broke some bone in his body he was told to put a small thin bit of timber and tar on it. If a person got a thorn in his hand or foot he was told to put a fox's tongue on it and it would draw it out. If a person had a tooth ache he was told to put bread soda on it.
    The seventh son was able to cure ringworm.
    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
    Mairéadh Ní Treasaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    J. Tracey
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cloonlaughnan, Co. Roscommon