School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)
- Location:
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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- In olden times the people had a lot of cures for diseas such as
Wild Fire:-
It is said that when the wild fire begins to spread if the persons name was written round it. It would be getting smaller and smaller until it would be all gone.
Whooping cough:- If a person had the whooping cough. They would be cured by going out before a man on a white horse and asking a cure of him. Whatever cure he would give would cure the whooping cough.
Bun hole:- To put boiling water into a bottle and when the water(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway