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School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta

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Sragh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Gormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 132

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    Long ago the people used to have cures for diseases themselves. They used to have a cure for the whooping cough, namely, to drink the ferret's leavings. The old people say that the seventh son of a family could cure certain diseases.
    They sued to go to blessed wells to perform rounds for eyesight.
    An old woman, who lived near us, could cure a burn by licking it.
    An old man could cure a certain kind of pain in cattle by making Snaidhm (pron, "sneein") na Péiste and unravelling it over them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Chléirigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountrivers, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Cáit Bean Uí Chléirigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Mountrivers, Co. Clare