School: Cruachán, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Saidhbhín Ní Bhoidbléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0287, Page 067
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- In former years the natives of Crookhaven and the surrounding districts never visited a doctor to get cured, they used certain herbs and greens by which they thought would cure them.
If they had headaches they used boil-a plant called pepper-ment and drink it As a cure for a toothache they used boil a plant called camamoile and use the steam of it to relieve the pain. For strains and hurts they used wild-sage. For bad stomachs they used boil garlic and drink it. For swollen or sore joints they used march-malice. For sore eyes they used put hot tea-leaves down on them. In this parish there was a herb doctor. It is said he lived in a place called Corran near the Mizen Head.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Pyburn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs J. Goggin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
