1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 435

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 435

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna
  2. XML Page 435
  3. XML “Cures for Human Ailments”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Cures for Human Ailments (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    erysipelas very successfully without any secret, "with roasted salt, butter, and a weed which grows on the walls called stone-croker."
    Banishing Warts.
    If you meet water in a stone unexpectedly, rub it on the warts, blessing yourself, "In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost." The warts will disappear.
    Cancer. A man named Burke, in Clondra, has a very successful plaster for drawing out cancer.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardoghil, Co. Longford