Mr. Belvin says he knew a certain Jim Brien of Curraun (?) who was a noted man for cures. He was known locally as 'Jim the Doctor'. Jim came every year to Kavanagh's 'of the sea' for horehound growing in Kavanagh's 'Sraoth.'
Mr. Belvin vouches for the genuineness (?) of the following John Parker of Ballindrissogue (Brother of Jim's dead two years age 90) had a many sore arm, a running sore. A travelling woman came the way, procured herbs in the Sraoth above mentioned - pile weed (Mr. Belvin says) was one, made medicine and an ointment. A worm came out of the arm which dried up and cured in a short time.
