School: Glencar
- Location:
- Glencar Scotch, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brigid Mc Daid
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 293](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_1083%2FCBES_1083_293.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 293
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Glencar
- XML Page 293
- XML “Cures of Long Ago”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)cure was lost. Another cure for the whooping cough was to get the hair out of the head of a person who had never seen his father. The hair was cut up finely and mixed with food, which was given to the person suffering from the whooping cough. Another well known cure was the donkey cure. Those suffering from the whooping cough were passed under the donkey three times.
- Collector
- Annie Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Glencar Irish, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Mc Grenra
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Killylastin, Co. Donegal