1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Naomh Colmcille

School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 334

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 334

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: Naomh Colmcille
  2. XML Page 334
  3. XML “Local Folklore - 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 Folklore - Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    It is said that wild duck's eggs would cure cancer. There is a plant called foxs crubs and it would cure a pain in the back. It grows on stone wall ditches. It is a green plant with a very thin stem. It is said that a frog would cure toothache. It is said that if you would creep under an animal's legs you would get cured from a cripple. It is said that if a horn falls off a cow, she
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Helen Folliard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnaha North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs C. Freyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnaha North, Co. Mayo