School: Naomh Eoin, Béal Easa (roll number 14176)

Location:
Foxford, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Oide sa chlochar
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    cúl na teine iad agus ní thiocfaidh gar no anachain as coidhche.
    Dá mbeadh gearradh mór ort agus dá bfuigheadh tú greim de mhastra calla agus a cur ar an gcreich leigeasfadh sé thú.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The cures of long ago were cheaper than those of to day. For cow pocks If a person in the house smoked during the night or in the morning before the breaking the fast to put the first tobacco spit in the ash of the dubeen and rub it on the mark and in a few days after the germ is dead.
    People who have warts wash them in water pumping up out of a rock. When they go to the place it must be before sunrise. These are the words they say
    Uisge cloca dá n-iarraidhe
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Annie Roche
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foxford, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Smyth
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Foxford, Co. Mayo