School: Brosna (C.) (roll number 13019)
- Location:
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhúnaighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 532
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Brosna (C.)
- XML Page 532
- XML “Local Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Long ago people sought remedies for their ailments in a very primitive manner. They had recourse to charms., to animals, and to birds, when they wanted to cure a disease. A person suffering from thrush was cured by the breath of a gander for three mornings, and a frog was supposed to (have) be able to cure a toothache. The food left behind after a ferret was supposed to have certain curative properties while the only thing necessary to cure a burn was to lick a lizard.
A man riding on a white horse had only to say the word and the whooping cough disappeared while a child born after the death of his father could cure many a disease. Great respect was held for the seventh son or the seventh daughter for they had the power of healing. A stye in the eye was cured by the application of a gold ring, and warts faded away if the affected person stole a piece of meant and hid it.
People visited blessed wells for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Síghle Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
