School: Moneymohill, Shanagolden (roll number 8395)
- Location:
- Moneymohill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liain
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- A cure for the whooping cough is to put a hairy Moll into a bottle. The bottle must be corked, so as to prevent the air getting into it. After a while, the hairy-moll will die, for the want of air. According as he dies, the cough will die away with him. It is also said that if a man is seen riding on a white horse, the person who has the cough should ask him if he had any cure for the whooping cough. Whatever the rider says to take, it may be only a drink of water, or a cup of milk, or any other thing he offers; it is a cure for the patient. The leavings of the ferret's milk is also a cure for this ailment.
The thrush is a sore mouth with white blisters covering the tongue. This ailment was cured in old times by the gander. A neighbour brought a gander fasting for three consecutive mornings. The gander's beak was put into the child's mouth, who had the sickness and let scream three times. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Park, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Maurice Danaher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moyreen, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Pat Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrons, Co. Limerick
