School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)
- Location:
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
- Teacher: C. Ó Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 151
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- "To stop bleeding."
Long ago people used to take down cobwebs to stop bleeding. They used to put a piece of cloth over the cobweb to keep it on.
"Whooping Cough."
People used to put a child that would have the whooping cough under and over a donkey three times and the sign of the cross was made over the donkey each time. Another cure for the whooping cough was to heat milk and let a ferret drink some of it and give the remainder to the sick person.
"Wild Fire."
The blood of a black cat without any white hair on him was a cure for wild fire.
A Gripe.
The cure for a horse that would have a gripe was to put several knots on a twine and then pull each end of the twine(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Con Cahalane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Slattery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
