School: Cluain Fallach (roll number 10612)
- Location:
- Cloonfallagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: E. Ó Breitheamhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0111, Page 137
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- Local CuresAnybody who had the whooping
cough was made walk under an
ass, then the animal was given
bread to eat and the crumbs
which fell from its mouth
was given to person to eat.
A
remedy for ringworm was soot
from the chimney, sulphur
and butter mixed together
and rubbed on the affected
place. Anyone who had
measles boiled nettle-roots
and drank the juice of
them. That was also looked
upon as a measles cure from
all rashes throughout the
year if it were drank in
the month of March.
If a dog
bites bit a person he who is
was bitten secured a rib from
the dog then the sore
healed. a person who had
warts, rubbed castor oil(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Walsh
