School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 312
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- Boils -: MARSH MALLOW was put in a poultice and put up to them to break them and to draw them. PENNY LEAVES were also used for the same purpose.Consumption -: CAMIMILE was pulled and put into the person's stockings under his shoes. It was said to be a good cure. Cancer -: The ROOTS OF DANDELION boiled and the water drank is a cure for that.Thrush -: A child that would have Thrush the old cure was, a child whose father was dead before he was born to breathe on the child's mouth each morning for three morningsBurn -: A cure for a burn was to catch an EASCÚLÚARACRA[?] and lick his belly, and then lick your burn, that was often done and they considered it a great cure.Road blisters -: Anyone having road blisters(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Jeremiah Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 97
- Address
- Gunpoint, Co. Cork
