School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 236

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  1. In olden times, there were clever women, called "quacks", and the people used go to these women for remedies for their ailments.
    Children's Fever. Mrs Featherstonehaugh who used live in Stratford, used pluck an herb, called Carrabawnbeg, and used rub the palms of the child's hand and the soles of her feet, three times with it, to cure her.
    Chin-cough. They used put the child out under a young ass that was never ridden, and then give bread to the ass and make the child eat what the ass crumbled.
    Catch a cat and make the child cough down the cat's throat. The cat would die and the child would get well.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Birdie Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brusselstown, Co. Wicklow