1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Barkhall

School: Barkhall (roll number 8343)

Location:
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
J. L. Browne
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 350

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 350

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: Barkhall
  2. XML Page 350
  3. XML “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 Cures

    Share Share Post
    A cure for warts is to rub a snail over them.
    A cure for a headache is to take some baking soda.
    A cure for rheumatism is to rub the part with a cuckoo-spittle.
    A cure for a dog that has fels is to put water in his ear and on his head.
    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
    Alec Cowan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymacool, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Alec Cowan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Ballymacool, Co. Donegal