School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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- (continued from previous page)by filling a stocking with hay and putting it around the neck. A whitlow was cured by bread and water poultices.
Some people made iodine from seaweed and used it for a cut.
The seventh son or daughter is said to have a cure for a (sore-mouth) toothache. It is something like a bit of dough. The posthumous child is also said to have a cure for a sore-mouth, by breathing three times into the sufferer's mouth. I do not know of any certain day on which a child should have a cure. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Áine Ní Coileáin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Mr David Collins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50