School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Saint Ann's Hill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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- Whooping Cough: Ferret's leavings (a) A man riding a grey horse is supposed to have a cure (b) To go under a donkeys belly.
Warts: (a) The penny-worth. (b) Washing soda (c) A fasting spit (d) Wart hole (e) caustic.
Thrush: A goose to blow her breath into the person's mouth for three mornings in succession.
Boils: Soap and sugar poultice (b) Linseed meal poultice (c) To put a piece of tobacco down on the boil.
Toothache: To put whiskey into the tooth for four mornings before meals.
The seventh son or daughter is supposed to have healing powers for stopping blood.- Collector
- Billy Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballycraheen, Co. Cork