School: Moyrhee, Ruan
- Location:
- Coitín Mhaothraí, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Laoise de Búrca
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- Cures for Ailments in People:
Whooping Cough: Ask a person driving a white horse for a remedy, and any remedy he suggests give it to the patient.
b) The milk left after a ferret has been fed.
c) To put the child three times under a donkey's body.
Yellow Jaundice: Get some wood from a bamberry tree, boil the wood in water for some time, and give the water to the patient.
St Anthony's Fire: Get a drop of Walshe's blood - that is blood from any member of the Walsh family and trace a line with the blood round the affected part. This prevents it spreading, and eventually cures it.
Headache: Get the head measured. Certain people perform this simple operation. The head is measured by a piece of twine or string The string is put round the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Considine
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coitín Mhaothraí, Co. an Chláir
