School: Kilberry (roll number 2533)
- Location:
- Kilberry, Co. Meath
- Teacher: -
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 185
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Kilberry
- XML Page 185
- XML “Local Cures”
- XML “Local Cures”
- XML “Local Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)The cure for the mumps is to visit a pig-sty three times. The cure for the whooping-cough is to put the person that has the cough in between a donkeys legs. The cure for vomiting and headaches is to go to Tobar-a-Killeen and drink the water. The cure for a boil is to put Saint Patrick's leaf on it or a poultice of linseed meal or soup and sugar. The cure for a whittle is to put a piece of fat bacon on it.
- The cure for the mumps is to get a stocking of salt and roast it and put it round your neck. The cure for the whooping cough is a red stocking.
- Collector
- John Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Kilberry, Co. Meath
- The cure for a whooping cough is the person must go between a donkeys legs. Cure for the mumps is the person must go into the pig sty three times. The cure for a(continues on next page)
