School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 169
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- (continued from previous page)Salt-water when taken from the sea during the last quarter of the coming tide is said to strengthen a person's bones.
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A hand cloth when soaked in cold water and squeezed tightly around the forehead is said to be a cure for headache.
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Tallow when melted and poured down on sore heels is said to cure them.
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Soot is said to be a remedy for a decaying tooth.
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Paraffin-Oil when rubbed lightly on the jaw is a cure for toothache.
- Holy-Wells
were often visited by old people for the purpose of cures. I heard the following story from an old man. Once, a woman named Mrs. Roycroft who dealt in Lissacaha, had a daughter who was almost blind. One day she(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Josephina Moynihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drishane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Levis
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Cashelfean, Co. Cork
