School: Turloch (roll number 10286)
- Location:
- Turlough, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Maolmhuaidh
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- (continued from previous page)She would then say five our fathers and five Hail Marys, and the creed in Irish, That was supposed to be a great cure for a headache.
- The cure for warts is to rub a black snail on the spot where they are, and after that to stick the snail on a black thorn bush, and leave him their until he rots.
The people and cattle take the cowpock. When the people take it, the cure is to rub un-salted butter, and sulpher on it, and it will go. The cure for cattle is to rub it with paraffin oil, and a bag, and it will go.
The cure for the measles is to stay in bed, and to take sulpher, and plenty of whiskey, and keep yourself warm.
The cure for a toothache(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Corley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Corley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48