School: Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chonmara
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 224
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge
- XML Page 224
- XML “Local Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- 224
Local Cures
Heart.
Dandelion and slownlas .(Slánlus)-juice extracted and drunk .A story is told of a turkey which had no heart ,and was fed on these,
when killed ,a little heart was found to have formed.
Chin Cough.
A child affected this to pass in and out under a white mare ass six times.Any cure given by a man riding a white horse was suppose to be affective."Man on white horse what will cure the chin cough" was a common phrase.
Sore eyes.
:- St. well ,a short distance from the school was visited and sore eyes washed there.Several cures are spoken of Two people -(continues on next page)
