School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 1345)
- Location:
- Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- Ballybay. Girls National School.
Local Cures.
I was told by my Teacher to ask my mother for some Local Cures. My mother's name is. Mrs Dempsey. She lives in Barrymore about half a mile from Ballybay School. She gave me the following cures.
1 For the Whooping Cough. The Godmother should buy a red tape and tie it round the child's neck and it would cure.
2 For the Chin Cough. Anything a man with a white house says cures it.
3 Pain in the Back. Any child that is born after the father dies has a cure for a pain in the back.
4 For a pain in the head. Run three times round a bush and tie a red ribbon on the bush and then on the head and call the fairies. Certain people had the cures.
5 For warts. Rain water in a hole in a rock if you are not looking for it.
6 Ringworm. The seventh son has the cure.
7 Yellow Jaundice. Boil a dandelion and drink its water.
8 For the Skin Disease. Sulphur and unsalted Butter.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Crissie Dempsey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barry More, Co. Roscommon
