School: Kilcalf, Tulach an Iarainn
- Location:
- Kilcalf Mountain, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Cáit Breannóc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 131
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- (continued from previous page)put up to the toothache.
To cure thrush : a posthumous child was asked to breath into another child's mouth
To cure whooping cough : milk was given to a ferret and the remainder of the milk was given to the sick child.
To cure a drunkard milk was taken from a sow and put through the food for the drunkard.
- Cure for Whooping Cough : Drink the milk of a donkey.
For Thrush : To get a child that never saw its father blow its breath into the other childs mouth.
Measles : to go in and out under a donkey's belly three times.
Ringworm : to write the sufferer's name in jet black ink round the outside of the patch and continue writing round until the centre is reached. - Informant
- Margaret Griffin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Kilmore West, Co. Waterford
