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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

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Ceann Toirc, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 662

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    Local Cures
    In former times people never sent fo a Doctor, but they had cures of there own. Where a person got a boil, he gathered snails and put them on as a poultice.
    The ganders breath is a cure for the Thursh. It is said that food left behind by a ferret is a cure for the whooping cough. There is a holy well in Drom tarriffe Banteer, County Cork, and it is great for curing a toothache.There is a well in Killmacow in the townland of Bawnmore Kanturk,County Cork and it is good for curing sore eyes.
    Mr Vaughan of Ballybahallow,Kanturk County Cork, juices a certain herb for rheumatic pains. The herb mus be boiled and the juice must be drunk.
    The seventh son in a family is called the doctor because he is suppposed to be able to cure diseases
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lehane
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Stephen Lehane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Linn Ghorm, Co. Chorcaí