School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla
- Location:
- Churchtown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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“The cure for chincough was to go out and ask a man with a white horse what would cure the chincough and whatever he said would cure it.”
The cure for chincough was to go out and ask a man with a white horse what would cure the chincough and whatever he said would cure it.
The key of a door was used for stopping a person's nose from bleeding. It was dropped inside the shirt at the back.
The cure for corns was an ivy leap soaked in vinegar and put on the corn.
A cure for scalded feet was to rub a snail to them or wash them in salt and water.- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynamuck, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr William Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick