School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Bun an tSábhairne, Corcaigh
- Location:
- Crosshaven, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Caitríona
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0391, Page 056
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- In olden days a burn was supposed to be cured by rubbing soap or flour to it.
The breath of the seventh son in a family was said to be a cure for a cut.
A child suffering from whooping cough was said to be cured by putting him under the donkey's breath.
A wedding ring rubbed to a sore eye, while the patient was fasting, was a cure for it.
The breath of a child, who had never seen her father was supposed to be a cure.
Herbs picked during the night cured many diseases.
- Collector
- Miss Angela O' Mahony
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Miss M. O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
