1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Twomilehouse

School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

Location:
Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776C, Page 11_006

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776C, Page 11_006

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Twomilehouse
  2. XML Page 11_006
  3. XML “Cures - Human”

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

  1. Cures - Human (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Minarac the herb foams and if she has not, it does not foam. If the person has the Minarac she gets a herb and chops it up and puts it into a saucer of water and gives the person a spoonful of the water in the name of the Trinity. Then she makes the sign of the cross with the water on the person's forehead nose and lips and on the back and breast, and on the palms and the soles of the feet saying each time, " In the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost". She does this for three days and the person is cured, got from Miss Keenan, Dunshane, Brannoxtown, Co Kildare.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Esther Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Miss Keenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare