School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 07_005
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- In olden times there were no Chemist Shops and no doctors and no trained Nurses but the people used to cure their ailments with herbs. Mumps were cured with a plant called Gladom which grows in our garden in Derreen County Galway. For a deep cut people get a rib grass and smear it with butter and put it on the wound. Boils were cured by bathing with salt and buttermilk.
Tooth ake was cured with a lump(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosy Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Galway
