School: Cill Seanaigh (B.), Inis (roll number 10517)
- Location:
- Kilshanny, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Craith
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- Colds. To put garlic into your boots, and to drink hot milk.
Rheumatism. To go to Lisdoonvarna and to take hot baths, after a while to come home and go to bed and sweat as much as you could.
Consumption. To keep out in the sunshine and to take plenty eggs and new milk.
Whooping Cough. To put the child under an asses stomach.
Tooth ache. To chew tobacco, to smoke a pipe to put cotton wool and lysol to the sore tooth.
St. Anthony's fire. To get the seventh son and to blow his breath three times on the sore.
Ringworm. To write your name with a pen and ink round it.
Yellow jaundice. To drink for three days but black tea.
Bleeding. If a person was bleeding badly from a cut to wash would with cold water.
Warts. To get somebody to count the warts and whoever would count them it is said they would take them.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Stiofán Ó Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanny, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanny, Co. Clare