School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0369
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- Old Cures 1. The seventh son without a daughter between them would cure ring worm. He would cure it if he blowed his breath on it.
2. If you meet a man at a cross road on a grey horse, and asks him the cure for the whooping cough and whatever he would say would cure it.
3. A child that was born after his father, could cure a sore mouth. If you got a sting of a nettle, a dog leave would cure it.
4. If you had a toothace and it was very sore you could cure it with a pinch of mustard to put it on the sore tooth. 5. If you had a sty(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thérèse Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Holohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbey, Co. Galway
