School: Tulach Chromán (roll number 1256)
- Location:
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs. Brennan
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Old Cures.
Whooping Cough-an old cure for the whooping cough,which has come down from our fore-fathers is to hold the sick person over a barrel of tar. An old cure.
I often heard my mother say that about seventy years ago there was a man who bled people to prevent fever and other diseases.- Collector
- Teresa Neeson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr Philip Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Monaghan
- I often heard my mother say that about seventy years ago there were men who bled people to prevent fever and other diseases.
- Collector
- Leo Magee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Magee
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan