School: O'Brennan, Baile Mhic Ealgóid, Tráighlí

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1. Local Cures - Farcy (continued)

   

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   and after rubbing unsalted butter and other things and saying certain words (which my father cannot remember) the horse recovered - due probably to the ministrations of the men "with the cure" My father also told me that he had a brother - called Dan - who was 6 years his junior. He remembers one day when Dan was a baby, that some woman came in with a large gander under her "axter". The woman had hold of the gander's gob and she approached the child, opened his mouth and thrust the bog or beak of the gander into his mouth. The gander hissed loudly and the child screeched, but the cure was in the breath of the gander, and the child recovered from his "thrush".

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2. Local Cures - Gander's Breath

   

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   My father also told me that he had a brother - called Dan - who was 6 years his junior. He remembers one day when Dan was a baby, that some woman came in with a large gander under her "axter". The woman had hold of the gander's gob and she approached the child, opened his mouth and thrust the bog or beak of the gander into his mouth. The gander hissed loudly and the child screeched, but the cure was in the breath of the gander, and the child recovered from his "thrush".

   

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3. Local Cures - Holy Wells

   

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   My father told me that people went to Holy wells for cures from certain diseases, Tober naMote or Wethers' Well (Ardfert) or Brendan's Well is visited + (and) various cures were effected there in the past.

   

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4. Local Cures - Herbs

   

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   Herbs were used very frequently by people - old people especially. My father once told me that he had a great cut in his leg, and remembers his mother getting slánlus + (and) pounding it +(and) placing it as a poultice on the wound. He also remembers seeing cobwebs used for stopping blood. The dandelion plant was used as a remedy for chin-cough. The roots were

   

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