School: Lacken (C.), Cill Mhichíl (roll number 13827)
- Location:
- Lacken, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaonaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0602, Page 032
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- (continued from previous page)"Sore eyes and stys"
Honey for sore eyes, and by making the sign of the cross with a marriage ring three times, and then look through it.
"Warts"
Water found lodged in a stone and found unexpectedly. Also by taking some meat from a house unknown to the people and hide it under a cow's "dung," and while the meat would be decaying the warts would be passing away also. Also to count the number of warts, and to make a bundle of the same amount of pebbles, and leave them on the road-side. The first person that would take the pebbles will take the warts from the person that has them.
"Thrush"
A posthamous child by breathing into the mouth of the person with the disease, three mornings in successin, both should be fasting. A gander used cure the disease in the same way.
"Cheiheen"
Sometimes when a person goes beyond his reach he strains his breast-bones, and the "cleiheens" are said to be down. Unless these are raised by means of a tumbler, a candle, and a penny the person pines away till death.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corraige, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Knockalough, Co. Clare
