School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (B.), Malla (roll number 12015)
- Location:
- Liscarroll, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 156
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- Cuts:
When I was small I remembered cutting my toe. My grandmother went out and brought in a green leaf and chewed it and placed it on the cut. She called the herb Slán Lus. I often saw old people put a cobweb on to a cut. Warts:
Water found in the hollows of stones was believed to cure warts, provided the person came on the water when not looking for it. Rub a bit of fat bacon to a wart then bury it. As the piece of fat decayed the wart was supposed to heal.The Craos Galar:
The gander was brought in and his beak put(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Nora Hallihan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Knockbarry, Co. Cork
