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School: Kilcalf, Tulach an Iarainn

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Kilcalf Mountain, Co. Waterford
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Cáit Breannóc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 136

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    In olden times people had no doctors but they had cures for different things.
    For curing thrush a posthumous child was got to breathe on the tongue of the person who had thrush.
    For curing a toothache people put some salt in a piece of cloth and put it up to their faces.
    For curing the whooping cough people drank the milk a ferret left after him.
    For curing cuts they got a weed called 'the devil's bit' and rubbed it to the cut.
    For curing a burn they licked a live lizard and then licked the burn.
    For curing sore eyes the people used to go to a holy well on our farm and wash their eyes with water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Mac Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Glennaglogh, Co. Waterford