School: Sean-Bhaile Mór (roll number 15817)
- Location:
- Shanballymore, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Donnabháin
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- (continued from previous page)where the counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon met. Water from this place was used in recent times to cure diseases of the skin.
Burns
Slánlus chopped up and boiled with lard was a cure for burns.
Ringworm
To cure ringworm a copper coin is placed in a tumbler which is then half filled with vinegar. The affected part is rubbed gently with this liquid many times. This treatment is said to prevent the spread of the disease and the ringworm disappears altogether, after about seven days.- Collector
- Patrick O' Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Dunmore, Co. Galway
- Informant
- various old people in the district