School: Tamhnach, Inis
- Location:
- Tamhnach, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Proinnsias Gordún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 137
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- Chin cough ÷ A cure for chin cough is the milk that a ferret leaves after him, or to ask a man riding on a white horse what would be a cure and what ever he would say that was the cure.Pleurisy ÷ A cure for Pleurisy is a mustard plaster and to put a leaf of cabbage to the wound to draw the fluid.Head ache ÷ A cure for a head ache is to measure the head with a piece of ribbon.
- Burns: If you licked a lizard you could cure a person from a burn by licking him immediately after he being burnt. The
Corns: The cure for corns is to dip them in washing soda.
Boils: The cure they had for boils was soap and sugar.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leicneán, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- James Hurley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Leicneán, Co. an Chláir
