School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche

Location:
Knockanean, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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    were down, her name was Norrie Roche. He people used to come to her to put it in. They used to give her a half crown and she used to put it under a cup and while she was doing it the breast bone was cured.
    Told by father of Mary Mangan Kilbreckan Ennis Age 45 yrs
    (Martin Mangan)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 7. “Old Cures.”
    A stye- To look through a marriage ring.
    Whooping Cough- To meet a man with a white horse and to eat a potato if he tells you.
    Toothache- To go to Toureen and there was a tree above there and it would cure it.
    Warts- To get a piece of meat and to bury it in the manure heap. When the meat will be getting hard the bad the wart will be going away.
    Margaret O’connell.
    Told by Michael O’Connell: Ag 45 yrs.
    Knockogan.
    Ennis
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Knockhogan, Co. Clare