School: Gleann Gabhna, Tulach an Iarainn
- Location:
- Glengoura Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhubhshláinghe
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- The old people have many cures. Here are some of them.
If a person was infected with warts this is the best method they have to cure them. They would hand a snail from the branch of a tree and leave it there for some time, and gradually the warts go.
This is another example of cures, for instance, for a burn: they would cut a potato in slices and place one slice to the burned spot and it brings it back to perfect order again.
Suppose a nettle stings a person he would(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycullane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Michael Mc Grath
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycullane, Co. Cork