School: Behymore
- Location:
- Behy More, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Gallchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)another cure for warts that is to get a snail and bruise him up and put him on the warts, and they are cured. The cure for a bad heart is to get a few dandelions and boil and drink the juice of them.
To cure a sting of a wasp is to burn a wasp and put it on the sting and it will be cured. Weak eyes were cured by letting the water of a snowdrop into the eyes. A cure for the mumps is to go into a pig sty and walk round about it saying some words. A cure for the jaundice is peppermint, ground-ivy, and dandelions and a few other things made into an ointment. - Another cure they had was to take a mouthful of cold water and sit on a free-stone until the water(continues on next page)
- Collector
- George Walker
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyholan, Co. Mayo