School: Boireann
- Location:
- Burren, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)Teangan í-ane (phonetic).
used be boiled and strained. The water was then boiled with Valencia (stony) raisins and sugar-of-candy. This was given in spoon-fuls to a child who had a hard cough. It used to soften the hardest cough. Cos Dubh.
was like a small fern. It was boiled and strained and given to anyone who was after an attack of illness as a tonic. A relative of the patient should pull the herb before sun set. Sometimes people tied the cat's tail to it and let the cat pull it if they could not get a relative of the sick person convenient. It is very hard to get cos dubh.
Yarrow
was boiled and the water given to people who suffered from rheumatism.For measles -
People boiled sheep's dropping in milk and gave the strained milk to the patient. They also put the child under a nursing donkey three times. Also, he got the leavings of a ferret. Other people say that the latter cures were for WHOOPING COUGH.
Thrush
on a child's tongue was cured(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs O' Mahony
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Cloonderreen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs O' Mahony
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Cloonderreen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Timothy Holland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Clooncalla More, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Dangan More, Co. Cork
