School: Cill na Móna (B.) (roll number 13625)

Location:
Kilnamona, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Céilleachair
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    Old Cures
    The roots of cumphrey when boiled are used as a cure for sprains .There was an old named Queally who lived who lived in Inagh and had a charm for taking anything out of a cows neck. if there was a potato in a cows neck he could take it out of it by means of the charm .
    Thomas O Brien who lives in this parish has several charms .He has a charm for a headache .There is a rock near the priest's house called the "tailors rock "Some people say water which stays on the rock is a cure for warts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Barrett
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Fitzgibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyduff More, Co. Clare