School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)
- Location:
- Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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- XML “Traditional Cures”
- XML “Old Cures”
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- 1. Some people have traditional cures. There is a girl named Eileen Roddy living near my house. She has a cure for ringworm as she is the seventh daughter of the family. She is ten years old.2. Domnick Duffy has a cure for a sore mouth because he never saw his father3.Two children have the cure for a sore mouth in Coill-u-bra[?]
- In the olden times the people made their own cures. They never brought a doctor to any person that was sick. For a simple cold they used a gruel made of butter milk and oat meal. For a sore neck they boiled potatoes and when they were boiled they bruised them and put them into a stocking.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raherolus, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Winnie Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncarha, Co. Mayo