School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)
- Location:
- Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Nic Sheáin
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- Measles.
Nettle tea is supposed to be [sic] cure for measles. Warts.Rubbing a black snail on warts is supposed to be a cure. After the snail is rubbed on, it is put on a thorn bush and when the snail withers away the wart is supposed to go away.Corns. Ivy leaves and vinegar are supposed to be a cure.Mumps.If a man and his wife are of the same surname it is supposed that one child of theirs has a charm to cure mumps.To put a pair of winkers on the person who has the mumps and lead them to a stream running south is supposed to be a cure.Colds.Boiled sugar and buttermilk is supposed to be a cure for a cold.Stye on the eye.It is supposed that if you prick a stye on your eye nine times with nine different gooseberry thorns that it will cure it. Chilblains. [?](continues on next page)- Collector
- Ernest Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cullion, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Miss A. Clinton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 26
- Address
- Tullylark, Co. Donegal