School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)
- Location:
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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- Swelling : -
(1) put a coin to it (2) cow manure
(3) keep bathing it in cold water
(4) goose grease.Warts : -
(1) rub a fasting spit of it
(2) rub water taken from a hollow in a limestone rock or in a stone (3) wax
(4) rub a black snail of it
(5) wash it in washing soda.Oidhreach : -
(1) rub grease on it (2) cream (3) flour or soda.Chilblains : -
rub an onion on it.Corns : -
(1) put fat bacon on it (2) ivy leaf
(3) walk in a soft bog (4) candle grease
(5) wash it in washing soda
(6) put bluestone on it.- Collector
- Pat Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Philip Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon