School: Dromcollchoille (B.)

Location:
Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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  1. A cure for the craos galan long ago was, for a person who never saw his father, to put a ganders beak down the childs throath, every morning while fasting. Every herb has a cure for some disease. A cure for a pain in the back was, for a person who never saw his father, to walk on it. It is said, that if you eat three meals of nettles in the month of May, you would never get sick that year. A cure for the whooping cough was, to eat the bread that a ferrit would leave after him. The juice of ivy is good for corns. A cure for the sting of a bee is blue.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mundellihy, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 55
    Address
    Mundellihy, Co. Limerick