School: Baile Uaitéir (Walterstown) (roll number 12281)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Raghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0386, Page 158
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- Whooping Cough:-
A Child suffering from this complaint was supposed to be cured by making him go under a donkey. This was also cured by giving him the food after a ferret.Warts:-
Any person suffering from warts will be cured by rubbing the juice of the Dandelion with whiskey through it on to the wart. This is also cured by rubbing a bag of stones to it and then putting the bag near the cross roads. Whoever picks up the stones will get the wart. It is also cured by rubbing a snail to the wart and then putting him up on a bush and leaving him there and when he will wear away the wart will go at the same time.Consumption:-
For this complaint the old people said that if you took a potato in your pocket, you would get rid of the consumption. Another way to get rid of warts is to drink mare's milk.Burns:-
To get rid of burns a person should have to rub his tongue to the underneath part of an "Arcluacre" while still alive, and the old people said(continues on next page)
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- Kitty Ryall
- Gender
- Female
