School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh
- Location:
- Carraholly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 341
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- Cures
There are quacks and bone - setters known to the people of the district who have cures for ailments, hurts and diseases.
The seventh son has a cure for ring - worm. This is a disease which grows in the form of a ring, and it usually appears on the head. The hair falls off and the skin rots away.
There is a man named O Malley living in Newport who has the cure for ring - worm. He cured a boy in the district after he had spent a while in the hospital in Castlebar and sent home because the doctors could not cure him. The seventh son has the cure and he does nothing but rub his hand on the earth and place his hands over the ring - worm and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Risteárd Ó Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumgarve, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Anthony Joyce
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumgarve, Co. Mayo
