School: Coill Bheithne, Baile Mhistéala (roll number 11286)
- Location:
- Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 558
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- Thrush was by a person bom after the death of the father blowing into the sore mouth. Whooping cough was cured by putting a frog into the mounth, or by making the child walk under a white horse.
Some kind of a herb (of a cup like shape) boilde in milk was used to cure whooping cough.
Dogs were made lick sores to clean them out and cure them. A leaf called the Dilleógín Pádraig was used on sores. A cobweb was used on cuts it was supposed to stop them from bleeding.
A piece (was) of meat "the Durín" which was put up on the rafter of the house on Shrove Tuesday night was used to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Aherne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Garryvurragha, Co. Limerick
