School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 213
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- XML “Local Cures - Stomach-Ache”
- XML “Local Cures - Wildfire”
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- XML “Local Cures - Mumps”
- XML “Local Cures - Rheumatism”
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- Stomachache: (3) To cure a stomachache a glass of boiling water will do.
(4) Another way is to boil milk and put pepper on it and drink it.
- Wildfire: (1) a man named James Deegan, Cappincur, Tullamore can cure wildfire. He cures it with his blood.
- (2) A cure for wildfire is to kill a black cat and get its blood and rub it on the wildfire.
- Collector
- Celia Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Dalton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly
- (1) a cure for mumps is to get salt and roast it and then put it on the mumps.
- (1) A cure for rheumatism is to put "fraughan" leaves in the bottom of your stocking or sock and wear them.
(2) When a goose is killed the fat of her inside is stored away until necessary. Then it is rubbed in the place where the pain is at night. It will be alright by next morning.
