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1. Folk Cures and Charms (continued)

   

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   See X on page 123. Harry Costelloe of Gurrane, Mainister-an-Aonaigh parish, a young fellow of 74 or 75, gives me the following: "There is no mystery about the cure for the "jaunders". Paddy Ryan had it bad and Johnnie Murphy got sick after going to him the first morning. He sent for me and asked me to take the cure and finish out the nine mornings with young Ryan. I did and he was cured perfectly. All you have to do is to go out early in the morning and dig up ten worms, and the bigger and the fatter they are, the better. You pick the first nine and keep them, and the tenth you pick and throw over your shoulder. At the patients house if you go there, or at your own house if the patient comes to you you put the nine worms into a pint of milk and then boil it down to a half pint and strain it. Give that to the patient to drink. That must be done every morning of the nine. I dont know why you throw it over your shoulder, but you do. There is nothing dirty about a worm from the garden. Anything that comes out of the grand soil is clean. I only cured five or six, but everyone I went to got cured. The only reason I didn't continue to do it was because I'd be interfering with Johnnie's chances; 'twould be no good to me but he'd get something out of it. Twas an herb Tom Farrell's mother used to use and she cured thousands, they used to come to her from far and near. Twas God's will she got it herself in the end and she wasn't able to cure herself, but she was a good age when she died".

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Daithí O Ceanntabhail

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Informant

   Donnchadh O Donnghaile

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Dr Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Doctúir

   Informant

   Harry Costelloe

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   An Garrán, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   Jim O Connell

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Chathair Dhubh, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   Liam O Corcorda

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   40

   Address

   Cromadh, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   Máire Ní Cartaigh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   19

   Occupation

   Cailín aimsire

   Informant

   Micheal Devaney

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Micheál O Tuathail

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Pat Allen

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Tim Hederman

   Gender

   Male