School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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- (continued from previous page)Feámanac is a cure for Rheumatism
- Fifty years ago a man whose name was O'Mahony dwelt in "Spike" now a part of the town-land of Dreenlomane. He used to "set a charm," and cure a person or animal from "blood letting." He was the seventh son of the family.
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A cure for head-ache or a safeguard to ward it off for the year is to rise early on "May morning", and -
"Wash your face in water that was never rained or ran,"
"And dry it with a towel that was never woven or spun."
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Goose-grease is good for a sore throat or a burn.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs J. Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork