School: Cluaineach (C.) (roll number 11774)
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chlaimhín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0202
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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)and following Monday. Certain people have the charm — called charm for head fever. Measurement is taken (i) from the point of the chin to the crown of the head (ii) from back to front of head all round. If these measurements are NOT equal the person has head fever and cure will be effective. If they are equal the charm will not do any good as the pain is from other causes.
Foul Mouth:-
This is cured by getting a person born after father’s death to blow into mouth on Mondays and Thursdays alternately.
Bleeding from Cut:-
Apply cobweb, moss or burnt feathers to the cut.
ROSE or Erysipelas:-
The cure of this ailment is confined to certain families. Application of “meaning water” before sunrise on Mondays and Thursdays was supposed to cure this as well as Ringworm.
Sileadh Seala:-
This is a kind of hoarseness caused by some pressure on the tongue. It is cured by taking off that pressure(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret M. Swords
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonagh, Co. Sligo
