School: Dromcollchoille (B.)
- Location:
- Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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- Laurel leaves, and fresh-lard boiled together, are good for curing burns. A black hen's egg, laid on Good Friday, is good for curing burns. A cure for the craos galan is, to have a person that never saw his father, blow his breath into the sick persons mouth. A cure for a sty is to look through a gold ring. Gold earrings, are good for the sight. Boiled milk and butter, is good for the measles. A cure for a sting, is to rub blue to it. Onions and boiled milk, are good for a cold.
- Collector
- Donal Linehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carroward East, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Linehan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 55
- Address
- Carroward East, Co. Limerick