School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0041, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)cure he would give that would cure the measles.
10. A cure for ringworm is to write your name with gold on the outside of the sore and it will cure it.
11. A cure for a sty in your eye get seven thorns off a gooseberry bush and stick them on the sty, throw them over your head and gather them again and burn them. The next day the sty would be cured.
12. A cure for a sprain in the hand or foot go to the weaver and tell him that your hand is sprained but do not ask thread. If he gives you thread put it on the sprain and it would get better.
- Collector
- Nellie Mullaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Mullaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Galway
