School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)
- Location:
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Craith
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- Cures
A woman in this district can cure a back ache by walking on the back and saying words over it. Her name is Mrs Fogarty and she lives in Toureen.
If you have a cramp, wet your eyebrow with your thumb, and it is supposed to go.
A cure for the mumps is to tie an asse's winkers around a person, that has the mumps and lead him in and out of a pig-sty ten times, and the man who is leading must keep saying "hoga na mucna lige na leicne" "hoga na mucna lige na leicne"
A cure for a sty is to get a person whose parents are alive to pluck ten thorns off a goose-berry bush and to throw one over your shoulder fasting and for nine mornings point thorn at your sty, and bless yourself.
A cure for measels is to boil(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael J. Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs O' Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Toureen, Co. Tipperary