School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)

Location:
Foynes, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eithne Ní Mhaidín
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 089

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 089

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Foynes (C.)
  2. XML Page 089
  3. XML “Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. By rubbing bog moss to a burn it would cure it. If passing a quarry and to all a stone with water on top of it by dipping the wart which the person has in would cure it.
    To cure a sore throat is to put salt into a silk stocking and heat it, then tie around the neck and hold a jug ov hot water and let the steam into the throat.
    There is a little plant that grows on the stone wall with a pink flower called the crayon's bell, if there is a little knot made with a piece of cord, that is when cattle fall down with disease, and if this is done three times in succession the animal is cured.
    The water in which woodbine leaves have been boiled is a cure for diseases on horses.
    A cobweb is used to stop blood.
    If you bury a piece of meat in the earth and when the meat will rot the wort which you have will rot.
    Caitlin Nic Uilleagoid
    Foynes Girls School
    Got above from
    Mr. A Tailor
    Foynes
    88 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Nic Uilleagóid
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr A. Tailor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
    Address
    Foynes, Co. Limerick