School: Carrowrile (roll number 10396)
- Location:
- Carrowreilly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Coileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 259
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- Stone bruise - pound a black snail and apply to the stone bruise + it will cure it.
burn= anybody who licks a mankeeper has the cure of a burn and the cure is lick the burn.
Ringworm = the seventh son in consecutive order has the cure of ringworm by rubbing the hand to the affected part and a seventh (son) daughter has a similar cure.
chin cough = give a ferret some milk whatever he leaves after him give it to the sick person.
foul mouth = those who are born subsequent to their father's death have the cure of a foul mouth and the cure is to breathe on the foul mouth.
burn of a nettle = pull a docken leaf + rub it to the burn and keep it there for a while and till cure it.
- Collector
- Philomena Gilmartin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Rinbaun, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Pat Gilmartin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Rinbaun, Co. Sligo
