1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ballyconnell (B.)

School: Ballyconnell (B.)

Location:
Béal Átha Conaill, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
James Mulligan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 309

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 309

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballyconnell (B.)
  2. XML Page 309
  3. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    or they would get some sea salt and put it at the bottom of their tongue. If they had a sprained arm or leg they would get the fat of a goose and rub it to it.
    The cure for a swelling on the bog was to rub hemlock o it.
    The cure for a burn was to grate soap and mix sugar through it and put it on the burn. In olden times the cure for ring worm to put parafin out and on the place where the ring worm was. The cure for pains was to get a weed called cranes beak and rub it to the place where you had the pains.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Carberry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Snugborough, Co. an Chabháin