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    Fifty years ago a man, whose name was Mr O'Mahony dwelt in Spike now a part of the townland of Dreenlomane. He used "set a charm" and cure a person or animal from "blood letting". He was the seventh son of the family.
    A cure for a head-ache or a safeguard to ward it off for the year is to rise early on "May morning" and -
    "To wash your face in water that was never rained or run,
    And dry it with a towel that was never wove or spun.
    Which of course meant to wash it with dew and to let the sun and wind dry it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Coughlan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr T. Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreennalomane, Co. Cork