School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

Location:
Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 09_006

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 09_006

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  1. If you had a sty on your eye and if you look out through a gold ring three times, the sty would go away. If you had corns and if you put the gall of the sheep or the gall of the pig on the corns and the corn would go then.
    If you had the chin-cough and if you went out before a man with a white horse and if you asked a cure of him, the cure that he would give
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Criostine Nic Coistealbh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Kiltiernan East, Co. Galway