School: Cnoc na gCóirne
- Location:
- Knocknagornagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Coinnigh
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- XML “Local Cures”
- XML “Local Cures”
- XML “Local Cures”
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- Informant
- Peggy Sheahan
- Gender
- Female
- To cure a sty rub your fasting-spit to it for nine successive mornings.
To cure a tooth-ache get a frog and put it into your mouth and keep him there till he has squeaked seven times. - To cure a sty in the eye rub a gold ring to it.
To cure chapped hands or legs get the slán-lus and boil it and apply the juice to the affected limb; the slán-lus will also stop bleeding. - To cure warts bury some meat in manure and as the meat decays the warts begin to go away.(continues on next page)