School: Breachmhaigh (roll number 13222)
- Location:
- Breaghwy, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Giolla Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 285
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- (continued from previous page)Consumption: - Get two herbs -one called Mountain seige and the other óir Hound. Boil both together for about half an hour. When boiled strain and allow to cool and give to patient to drink. Repeat two or three times a day using fresh herbs every time a drink is given. The herbs mentioned above are to be found growing at the foot of Benbulben Mountain and along the Grange river. The “Rose”: - The person who has this disease must go to their next door neighbour and beg a big slice of butter from them “for God’s sake”. When the butter is given it must be brought by the person who gets it to the woman who makes the cure. This woman will breathe on it for a considerable length of time while repeating certain prayers. She then breaks the butter into ten pieces and gives them to the person seeking the cure, telling them to go home and run the nine pieces to the sore and to throw the tenth piece across their left shoulder. After this the disease disappears. (Mrs Oates of Gortarowey, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo makes the cure)(continues on next page)
