School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

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1. Cures

   

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   1. People who are blind go to Saint Patricks Well in the Abbey. They rub the water out of the well on their eyes. 2. Another cure for sore eyes is to rub cold tea on them, and they will be cured. 3. The Shoemaker has the cure for the “sprain”. He says some prayers and then rubs his hand on the part of the “sprain”. 4. It is said that when two persons of the same name get married that they have got the cure for the “Whooping Cough”. 5. Whe people have the chincough they used go to some person whose mothers maiden name was the same as that of her or his father, and they are cured. 6. It is said that persons who have never seen their father, that they have got the cure for the “thrush”. Thrush is a sort of “lock-jaw”.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sean Mc Gettigan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Béal Átha Seanaidh, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Mr Mc Gettigan

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 45

   Address

   Béal Átha Seanaidh, Co. Dhún na nGall