School: Ceathrú Stialláin (Carrowsteelawn) (roll number 12555)
- Location:
- Carrowsteelaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Giollagáin
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- (continued from previous page)some of them for seed for the following year.
- People had many cures for complaints and diseases long ago.
Cough: Flax seed would cure a cough
Warts: A black snail rubbed of them was a certain cure.
Boils: Linseed and turpentine mixed is a cure for boils.
Measles: Ferrets leaving is supposed to be a cure for the measles.
Headache: A certain cure for a headache is to get a tape and to measure the person's head who had the headache with it.
A sore eye: Cold tea is a cure for a sore eye.
Cough: The soup of the wild fowl is very good for a cough. A sore mouth: If a child never(continues on next page)- Collector
- W. Keane
- Address
- Crossboyne, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- T. J. Keane
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Crossboyne, Co. Mayo