School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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- (continued from previous page)Headache:-
In olden times people usually went to Holy wells to cure a headache. One of these was in Rathoora and there was another one in Larne.wharts:-
A great cure for these was to wash them with the water that would be on the fresh cowdung's on a summers morning. corns:-
Corns were drawn out by laying PENNY LEAVES down on them and leaving them there for two nights. - Pains or broken ribs:- Boil WILD SAGE and DANDELION and to drink the juice that would come out of themThrush or a sore throat:- They say that SNAILS were to be got fastened, to the walls of the Lahorn castle, and if you picked them with a pin the sticky stuff that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Timothy Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mahony
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Laharan, Co. Cork