School: Meall an tSrutháin (roll number 2117)
- Location:
- Maulatrahane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Luasaigh
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- (continued from previous page)kinds of Caisreabhán there, one the Caisreabhán Cos Dearg and the ordinary coisreabhán.
There was another herb called the Mac-an-dá-thogha. It was softened with butter, near the fire, and then it was put up to a Boil and it was supposed to break the Boil. The bark of an oak tree was supposed to put the skin on a bad cut by rubbing it to the cut.
People used put Cobwebs up to a bad cut to stop the blood.
- Cures.Long ago the people had a lot of cures for sores and diseases. A man named Paddy Donovan, Maulatrahane, was able to cure any kind of diseases.For a broken rib he used wild sage boiled in spring water and(continues on next page)
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- Maulatrahane, Co. Cork
