School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh
- Location:
- Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sr. M. Oiliféar
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0138](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0029%2FCBES_0029_0138.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0138
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- 8. People used the chicken weed for curing warts.
A cure for sties on the eye was to get nine thorns off a gooseberry bush and point one at eye every morning for nine mornings.
The dockleaf is a cure for the sting of an nettle. A cure for a sprain was vinegar and bran.
Heated salt put in a stocking and put around the neck was good for mumps.Got from
Mrs. Egan,
Church Hill,
Ballinasloe,- Informant
- Mrs Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Church Hill, Co. Galway