School: St. James, Barnacogue, Swinford
- Location:
- Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Lorcáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 12
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- (continued from previous page)make a hole in it. Then leave it on a coal beside the fire and put sugar into it. Then drink the juice of it and it will cure the chincough.
There is a cure in comfrey for sores and cuts. Pare it and make it like ointment and put it on the cut and it will heal it.
There is a cure in nettles for skin disease. Boil them and put a little sugar in them and then drink the soup and it will cure all sorts of skin diseases.
The cure for worms is to get a twine and make two knots so that when you pull the ends the twine it will come out without any knots.
The dandelion is a cure for a pain in the head when it is boiled in milk and then drink the juice of it in the milk.
The seventh son in a family has a cure in his right hand for ring-worm.
A child that never saw its father has the cure for sore mouth.
The cure for a head-ache is to get a piece of camomile and leave it up to dry for a few days. When it is ready put it into a cup and pour hot water out on it and then drink it.
- Collector
- Eileen Giblin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Giblin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo
