School: An Corrbhaile

Location:
Corbally, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 374

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 374

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  1. In the olden days the people had very good cures for wounds. There was an old saying, That if you licked a lizard and anyone that got a burn if you licked the burn you could cure the burn.
    When a child would have the whooping cough and if the father of of the child knew a man that had a white horse and if he asked the man what would he give to a child that had the whooping cough
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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
    Mary Donnelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Curry
    Gender
    Male