School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 05_007
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- A child with a chincough, to meet a man on a white horse and whatever he would to give the child it would cure him.
braoschlar, a person that never saw his father, to blow in to his mouth.
Headache, to hold your head over a bowl of steaming water.
Sore throat, to tie a woolen stocking around your neck.
A boil, to get the middle of a roasted potato and put it on it when going to bed.
A thorn, to put a lampock on a rag and put it on the thorn when going to bed. A skinned foot, to cut soap small and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sighle Ní Chorra
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Corry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
