Scoil: Clongeen (uimhir rolla 4652)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Herbs and Cures

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   The people in this district were often cured by herbs -

   To cure a toothache they used to put a frog in their mouths.

   When a child had a whooping cough, it was passed under a calf.

   If they had a cut or scratch they chewed a small leaf called the rib-leaf.

   There is also supposed to be something mysterious about the seventh son or daughter. Mat Wall is the seventh son and is able to find springs with a piece of stick.

   If they had warts on their hands they would bury a straw,
   with as many knots as there is warts. They made the sign of the cross over the warts. They hung a snail up on a "sgeac" as the snail withers so will the warts go off.

   There is a wart-well in Clongeen graveyard, it is said to be

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

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

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   William Treacy

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   An Liagán, Co. Loch Garman