School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)
- Location:
- Glengarriff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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- (continued from previous page)A cure they had for burns was an ointment made from butter. They would boil unsalted butter. When it would get hard they would rub it on the burn and it was supposed to cure it.
A cure they had to get a thorn out of their foot was to get the tongue of a dead fox and put it up to it and it would take the thorn out.
A cure they had for a sore was they would mix soap and sugar together and rub it on the sore and it would cure it
A cure they had for rheumatism was(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brighid Ní Shúilleabháin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skehil, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Máire Bean Uí Néill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skehil, Co. Cork