School: Páirc Íseal (B.) (roll number 295)
- Location:
- Lowpark, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Caiside
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 56
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- An herb, known as St. Patrick's Cabbage or in Irish as "Cruag Phádraigh" was supposed to be a great cure for all classes of cuts and burns.
While rubbing the herb to the affected part it was customary to say Five 'Our Fathers', five 'Hail Marys' and five 'Glorias'. If the rubbing and prayers did not go together the cure failed.
- When curing a person of worms in ancient times the people made what was called the "worm's knot" and laid it on the stomach of the sufferes,saying while doing so
"O Lord banish the evils that beset this child In the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost Amen" - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
