School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

Location:
Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 009

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 009

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  1. Cures
    A woman in this district can cure a back ache by walking on the back and saying words over it. Her name is Mrs Fogarty and she lives in Toureen.
    If you have a cramp, wet your eyebrow with your thumb, and it is supposed to go.
    A cure for the mumps is to tie an asse's winkers around a person, that has the mumps and lead him in and out of a pig-sty ten times, and the man who is leading must keep saying "hoga na mucna lige na leicne" "hoga na mucna lige na leicne"
    A cure for a sty is to get a person whose parents are alive to pluck ten thorns off a goose-berry bush and to throw one over your shoulder fasting and for nine mornings point thorn at your sty, and bless yourself.
    A cure for measels is to boil
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael J. Treacy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs O' Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    32
    Address
    Toureen, Co. Tipperary