School: Staghall
- Location:
- Staghall, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: G. Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0971, Page 037
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“There are many old cures in this locality.”
There are many old cures in this locality. In olden times before there were any doctors these cures were used.
If a piece of bacon is rubbed to a wart and then buried the wart will die when the bacon dies.
The mumps are cured by putting the donkey's winkers on the sufferer and leading him round the pig-sty three times.
Michael Fitzpatrick, Lisnamane has the cure of the sprain. He says prayers over the sprained joint.
If a person received a cut he poured paraffan oil on it.
The earache was cured(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Scollans
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumbrughas, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Myles Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Drumbrughas, Co. Cavan