School: Cillín Dubh (roll number 9691)
- Location:
- Killeenduff, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0165, Page 257](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0165%2FCBES_0165_257.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0165, Page 257
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cillín Dubh
- XML Page 257
- XML “Local Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Wart: To cure a wart get a person to count them and they will leave.
Cut: The best cure to remove a cut is to get a piece of comfry and rub it to the cut and it will heal it.
Chincough: To cure chin cough get ferrets leavings and drink it and it will cure it
Pain in the stomach: To cure a pain in the stomach people say to get a rough stone and squeeze on it and the pain will go.
Burn: To cure a burn mix soap and sugar together and put it on the burn and it will cure it.Collected and written by Annie M. Kilcullen
Killeenduff Easkey. Told by her mother
Mrs J Kilcullen Killeenduff Easkey age 45- Collector
- Annie M. Kilcullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeenduff, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs J. Kilcullen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Killeenduff, Co. Sligo