School: Cnoc an Teampoill (C.), Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Freemount, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 269
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- LOCAL CURESWhooping Cough – An old cure for it was to do what the first man you would see riding on a white horse would tell you.
Thrush – A child that never saw his father could cure “thrush” by breathing into his mouth three mornings in succession when fasting. A gander also could cure this disease by breathing into the person’s mouth three times in succession and by being fasting.
Rheumatic Pains - A cure for rheumatic pains is to boil a plant called Marsh Mallows for twenty-four hours, and the juice of it is rubbed on when cold.
Toothache – A cure for a toothache is to lick a frog three times or to rub a dead man’s finger to the inside of your mouth.
Warts – It is said that a snail rubbed to warts will cure them or water out of a fort.
Sore Eyes – Rub a gold ring to them three times.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Lane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knawhill, Co. Cork
