School: Béal Átha Gearr
- Location:
- Ballygar, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0191
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- (continued from previous page)If a child had the whooping cough he should give some milk to a ferret and all the ferret would leave after him it should be given to the child. After a while the child would be cured and the ferret would die. Another cure is to put sugar on a turnip and the juice that comes out of it should be given to the child and it would be cured.
- I A cure for warts: A cure for a wart is to rub a raw potato on it and the froth of potatoes when they are boiling.2 The cure for a thorn is to put a fox's tongue to it.3 The cure for boils is to go to the mearing water on three certain days in succession during the week.4 The cure for a sore throat is the milk in the stem of a dandelion.5 A child that never saw its father can cure 'Wildfire'.
- Collector
- Suibheann Ní Ghíollaraidhe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drinaun, Co. Galway
