School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)
- Location:
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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- Local CuresIn former times people never sent fo a Doctor, but they had cures of there own. Where a person got a boil, he gathered snails and put them on as a poultice.
The ganders breath is a cure for the Thursh. It is said that food left behind by a ferret is a cure for the whooping cough. There is a holy well in Drom tarriffe Banteer, County Cork, and it is great for curing a toothache.There is a well in Killmacow in the townland of Bawnmore Kanturk,County Cork and it is good for curing sore eyes.Mr Vaughan of Ballybahallow,Kanturk County Cork, juices a certain herb for rheumatic pains. The herb mus be boiled and the juice must be drunk.The seventh son in a family is called the doctor because he is suppposed to be able to cure diseases(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Lehane
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Stephen Lehane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bluepool, Co. Cork