School: Dromad (roll number 16781)
- Location:
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Millicent "Nuabhroinn"
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 022
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- A sprained leg or arm can be cured by the seventh son if he says some strange words and rubs his hand on the sprain. A stye can be cured by the prick of a gooseberry thorn. A wart can be cured by a piece of meat if it is rubbed on the wart and then buried and dug up after tree days and hung in a bush and when it begins to wither the wart begins to wither. A sore finger can be cured if a piece of butter or grease is rubbed on the cut and let the dog lick it. It will get better. A (mulien) hand or a cloven foot can be cured by the seventh son if he says some strange words and rubs his hand on the (mulien) hand or the cloven foot.
- Collector
- Susan Crowe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumod Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Crowe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumod Beg, Co. Leitrim
