School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire de Staic
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- (continued from previous page)sores is the juice of a docket leaf.
- A cure for the whooping cough is to ask a man with a white horse for a cure and to do whatever he says. For a sore put a fasting spit on the hearth when you get up in the morning and rub it on the sore for three mornings commencing on a Thursday. White bread and water is good for a sore.
- Collector
- Maureen Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Brigid Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Flaxseed boiled with candy was the old cure for a cold. Whey was considered a good cure for any fever. Arrowroot boiled in milk was considered a nourisheen food for sick people. Boiled chicken-weed serve as a very good remedy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Cloonmore, Co. Mayo