School: Teampoll na Carraige, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 15947)
- Location:
- Templenacarriga South, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Peadar Seymour
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0387, Page 190
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- In olden days the people did not believe in doctors. If any of the children got a disease such as whooping cough the cure they had for it was - The godfather of the child should get without being seen the top of a goat's ear and bring it to the parents And they would put a hole in the ear and put a bit of tape in it and hang it on the child's neck until they would be alright. Also a cure for whooping cough was to give a plate of milk to a ferret would leave after him to give it to the child. Another cure for nose bleeding or cut finger ect,, was there is a weed growing called a blood weed and they made this in the shape of a cross and put in on it. There was a man in Broomfield named Mr [?] Stounton and he cured the yellow jaundice with herbs. He used make a liquid of them and give them to the people. A cure for chilblains was penny leaves. You would get them growing in walls(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamon O Cháoimh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigogna, Co. Cork
