School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)
- Location:
- Béal Átha Gabhann, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Floinn
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- Collector
- Nancy Gleeson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crannthairt, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr P. Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- An Garraí Ard, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- This is a very old cure for the chin-cough=If you saw a man riding a grey horse and you asked him what would cure the chin-cough and whatever he would say do it and it would cure it. A cure for a toothache is to eat a raw onion and the toothache will go.A cure for warts is to bury a bit of fat meat in the dung hill and if it rots the wart is cured. Another cure for warts is to cut a potato in two and put salt into it and rub it to them as often as you(continues on next page)