School: Currach an Ghála, Cill Úird (roll number 11293)
- Location:
- Kilworth, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- 1) The old people used stop blood by putting a cobweb to the cut.
2) Small leaves called penny leaves were used for curing corns. They grow on old walls.
3) Bleeding from the nose was stopped by using the key of the door at the back of the neck inside the clothes, when the person was lying down.
4) A cut on the hand was cured by getting a dog to lick it.- Collector
- Daithí Ó Caoimh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghagalla North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- David O Keeffe
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghagalla North, Co. Cork