School: Doire na Groighe (C.), An Bhán-tír (roll number 7451)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   jaundice: drink the liquid.
   Stye in the eye:
   1. To rub your fasting spit to it.
   2. To rub a gold ring to it
   3. Wash it with cold black tea.
   Convulsions:
   For a child in convulsions bathe in hot mustard water
   Bleeding:
   Lay patient flat and put a key or some other cold implement on the back of the neck and leave there until bleeding will stop.
   Holy Wells:
   There is a holy well in this district and people pay "rounds" at it on the 6th May to cure rheumatic
   2. "Rounds" are also paid to cure sore eyes.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Question: What do you see people drink soup with? Answer: With their eyes Q. My first is round I ween. My second is in a sloe. And if my total you want to find. To Galway you may go. A. Ballinasloe Q. If you build a house from this to Kerry what height would it be? A. The height of nonsense.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Tim O' Shea

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 83

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Keale North, Co. Cork