School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 451
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- The cure the old people had long ago for the Whooping cough is to drink milk that a ferret would leave after.The cure for a Toothache is to get a rabbit's foot and leave it in a pocket without anyone knowing it.Corns -: A cure for corns is to go out barefooted early in the morning when the dew is on the grass.Wart -: The only cure for a wart is to get a small bit of bacon and bury it in manure and while the meat would be going away.Eyes -: The cure the old people had for a sore eye was to get some tea-leaves and put them into a cloth and then put them up to the eye
- Collector
- Nellie Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breaffy North, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 76
- Address
- Spanish Point, Co. Clare
