School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)

Location:
Lyre, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 120

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 120

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír
  2. XML Page 120
  3. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. This believed that any child born on Good Friday and baptised on Easter Sunday is able to cure wring-worm My cousin John Barrett, who was born on Good Friday and baptised Easter Sunday is able to cure wring worm. He lives in Rylane.
    He cured wring worm on several people by making the sign of the cross over it three times for nine mornings
    The seventh son or daughter can also cure wring worm. if no daughter is.
    If no daughter is born in between the son can cure wring worm, and
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chéilleachair
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Kelleher
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lyre, Co. Cork