School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Cill Ghoibhreann, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0375

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  1. Long ago the old people had a lot of cures for different sores and diseases. The best cure for a stone-bruise is to get a white root which is found in gardens and to leave on the sore. Sore eyes. To bath them with cold tea. Warts. to get a black snail and hang him to a tree and when the snail begins to wither the wart also withers. Another cure for a wart is to bathe it in the water that lodges on a hollowed stone and to say these words.
    Uisge cloc gan iarraidh
    Ní ghá iarradh ata mé
    Achr fanacaí Dia orm
    Agus ag iarradh iad a cuir díom ata mé
    The best way to cure the whooping cough is to catch a hedge-hog and skin him and make soup him and give it to the person three times every day. Another cure for
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Casserly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Margaret Casserly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cill Ghoibhreann, Co. na Gaillimhe