School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)
- Location:
- Baile an Scotaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac Cionnaith
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In former times people used get remedies for their ailments from herb doctors. These were not qualified doctors but they had good cures:-
The people used put a plantain leaf on a cut to prevent septic poison.
To cure a stye the eye had to be pricked three times with nine gooseberry thorns.
To cure whooping cough a husband and wife whose names were the same before marriage had to make tea in a bottle and sprinkle it with holy water. The sick person had to drink it three times a day till it was finished.
Certain people had the cure of ringworm.They would make(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Droim Deisce, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Thomas Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Droim Deisce, Co. Mhuineacháin
