School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)
- Location:
- Uachtar Achaidh, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Caitlín Knott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 002
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Sprains-Rub the sprained limbamd say a number of prayers.
Worms-Write certain prayers on a paper and tie it around the sufferer's neck.
Burns-sheep's suet and unsalted butter boiled with some herbs.
Whooping cough-The milk that a ferret leaves is sad to cure whopping cough.
Warts-the skin of a fresh bean rubbed to the wart.
Headache-The snippings of hair of an unbaptist child born between Easter and Michaelmans bioled with some herbs.
Mumps-you get an asses birdle and ruins ad put the birdle on the person that has mumps and you lead him three times around the pig house, and every time you go round you say "hurdles a mule cure this mumps".
Burns-you have to get a man-keeper and lick him with your tongue three times, and the you have the cure for the burns.
Stye-You get ten goose-berry thornes and point nine to the style and throw the tenth across your right shoulder.
Wart-If you get a snail when you are not(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr G. Price
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Chorr Ghearr, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- Mrs Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Cill Dainín, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- Mrs Parke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Collchoill, Co. Liatroma
