School: Tamhnach, Inis

Location:
Toonagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Gordún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 135

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    drink it.
    Sore:- You should get an ivy leaf for it and put the glossy side to draw it and to get the rough side to heal it.
    Sore mouth:- If a person had it a child who never saw his father could cure it. There is another one for it. It is to get a person to blow into your mouth three times.
    Sore hand:- Get a leaf with seven veins and to put it to the sore and it will cure it or it will also make it stop bleeding. There are many people who came cure certain sickness.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Wound:- If a person had a wound on his hands or feet which was not healing to get a bit of old linen and scorch it before the fire and it would heal the wound.
    Ring Worm:- If a person had ring-worm on his face or any part of him, to write his name
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Roughan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fountain Cross, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Roughan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    41
    Address
    Fountain Cross, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Daniel Roughan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Fountain Cross, Co. Clare