School: Ruadhán

Location:
Ruan, Co. Clare
Teachers:
Seán Ó Liadhráin Bríd Ní Dhíomáin
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  1. Cures for Whooping Cough
    (1) Ferret's leavings
    (2) Garlic put into the tocking of the affected person
    (3) Cure given by a man on a white horse:- "Fear an chapaill bháin"
    No 3 is very simple. If you see a man passing on a white horse simply ask him to name any thing to give to the person affected and when this is given the cough disappears.
    Warts:-
    Apply water found on rock when not looked for
    Apply the juice of the root of the Dandelion
    Burns
    A person who licks a lizard three times in the name of the Blessed Trinity and then licks the burn in the same way is sure to relieve the burned person.
    Disease of the Liver:-
    The sick person put on the smith's anvil and and the sledge raised by the smith over the person
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Clune
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyodea, Co. Clare