School: Fergus View, Lissycasey (roll number 10322)
- Location:
- Caherea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Gearaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0606, Page 433
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- (continued from previous page)cure for a sore throat.
Chin-cough: To ask a man riding a grey horse and to do whatever he would tell you and you would be cured of the chin-cough.
A Pain in the Side: To raise a stone off the ground and leave it down on the same place again.
- Rheumatism: Young nettles are good for rheumatism. They are boiled and taken three times in the year.
Sprained Ankle: If a person sprained his ankle bog onions are a good cure for it. They are found growing in a bog or marshy place. They are then put into spring for a few days. Then they turn into jelly and they are rubbed into the sore part and they are a great cure for sprains or hurts.(continues on next page) - Collector
- William Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Toberaniddaun, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Cleary
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Toberaniddaun, Co. Clare
