School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 402
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- If seven sons were born one after the other the seventh one had the cure of the running worm. When the seventh son was born worms were collected and tied in the baby's hand until they died; that child ever after cured the running worm and the cure was applied by rubbing the hand to the sore.
- A bran poultice applied was a perfect cure for swollen limbs. Another cure was chickweed roasted on the fire and applied to the affected part. Goose [?] is another splendid remedy for swollen joints or bruises. All the old hand-wives extracted the fat from each goose that they killed and preserved it for this purpose.
- Many remedies were applied for kidney disease(continues on next page)
