School: Málainn (roll number 13949)
- Location:
- Málainn, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Eilís Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 294
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- The people in olden times were very good at curing sick people.
A man named Denis Doherty in this district could cure people with strains or sinews out on their arms or legs. He also could cure people who had the jaundice or the flu.
There is a holy well in this district and it has many cures, one of the cures that I know its waters are used for is for warts. If you have warts on your hands dip them three times in the well and they will soon go away.
A good cure for sore feet or thrush is to wash them in potato water, that is the water in which the potatoes were boiled.
- Collector
- Isaac Smyth
- Gender
- Male
