School: Doire na Groighe (C.), An Bhán-tír (roll number 7451)
- Location:
- Doire na Graí, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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- (continued from previous page)jaundice: drink the liquid.
Stye in the eye:
1. To rub your fasting spit to it.
2. To rub a gold ring to it
3. Wash it with cold black tea.
Convulsions:
For a child in convulsions bathe in hot mustard water
Bleeding:
Lay patient flat and put a key or some other cold implement on the back of the neck and leave there until bleeding will stop.
Holy Wells:
There is a holy well in this district and people pay "rounds" at it on the 6th May to cure rheumatic
2. "Rounds" are also paid to cure sore eyes.
- Question: What do you see people drink soup with?
Answer: With their eyes
Q. My first is round I ween. My second is in a sloe. And if my total you want to find. To Galway you may go.
A. Ballinasloe
Q. If you build a house from this to Kerry what height would it be?
A. The height of nonsense.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mr Tim O' Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 83
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- An Caol Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
