School: A Cnoc Buí, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 9588)
- Location:
- Knockeenbwee Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Ceallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)diseases, so many of them visited holy wells. I didn't hear of any around this district. Few people around this district went to visit holy wells. Toothache - Put a frog in your mouth and if he screeches three times, it would be cured. Cuts - The "reblief" is a remedy for cuts. The leaf is ground and put to the sore. Worths - "Sour Sorrel" is a cure for worths. Whoopingcough - The food left after a ferret is a remedy for whoopingcough. Wisp - A golden ring is a cure for a wisp. To put the ring to the eye for a long spell. Bone Disease - Elder is a cure for bone disease. A burn - A grated potato is a remedy for a burn or also "penny-leaves". People visited holy wells on the 15th of August. Mostly every(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maire Ní Aodha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilnahera East, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Maighread Ní Aodha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilnahera East, Co. Cork