School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)
- Location:
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Úna M. Montgomery
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- (1) A person who married someone of the same name is called a ....(?)
A drop of blood from a (?) cures whooping cough.
(2) When anyone has mumps, the son or daughter of a (?) should put the horse's halter on him and lead him across a river. This is said to effect a cure.
(3) The seventh daughter of the seventh son can cure the King's evil.
(4) A cure for warts :- count the warts. Put a stone for every wart in a bag. Leave it at a crossroads. Whoever picks up the bag will get all the warts and they will leave you.
(5) Another cure for warts:- Pick a snail from the potato pit. Rub it on the warts. Pin it to a tree. When the snail has withered away the warts will be gone.Another version of this says :-
stick a pin through the snail and throw the snail and pin away.(6) The water in which potatoes were boiled is good for rheumatism.- Collector
- Úna M. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Goorey, Co. Donegal