School: Pádraig Naofa, Droichead Banndan
- Location:
- Bandon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0314, Page 035
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“The first Catholic church in Bandon was at Mayfield.”
The first Catholic church in Bandon was at Mayfield. There was a thatched rood on it. The remains are still to be seen.
The old bridge of Bandon was from Scott's to Desmond's. - Cure for a bad cold:- Pick dandelions and wash them. Then when washed boil them. When boiled strain them and drink for nine mornings a glass of the juice.
Cure for corns:- Walk on the sea sand up and down several times.
Cure for toothache:- Get some brown paper, wet some mustard, and put it on the paper. Fold the paper and put it behind the ear.
Cure for measles:- Get some sheep's milk and boil it. Then drink it when boiled.
Cure for whooping cough:- Bring a child for a walk along one road and bring the child back on a different road.
For Shingles: The blood of a double Ceacha [child of Keogh and Keogh].