School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)
- Location:
- Baile an Scotaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac Cionnaith
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Local Cures.
Long ago the people had cures for all ailments.
To cure a strain the person with the strain had to get it rubbed by some person that had the cure.
The cure for a toothache was to bite the teeth of a corpse or lick the leg of a frog.
To cure rickets a person had to bring the child to the forge and put it over the anvil by the smith three times.
A person with the whooping cough had to drink the milk left by a ferret or three charities from a woman,who did not change her name at her marriage.
To cure mumps the person(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Boylan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Scotaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Hugh Rooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Scotaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
