School: Ferbane (Convent)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr. Patrick
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 343
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ferbane (Convent)
- XML Page 343
- XML “Local Cures”
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
- Wildfire: To write the person's name with pen and ink around the sore parts
Corns: The Local cure for the Corns is, stepp ivy leaves in vinegar and then rub the liquid on the corn, and the corn falls out after a few days.
Warts: There are several cures for warts. One is to rub a snail to the wart each morning for nine days. Another is to go to a local man, who ha the cure, he makes the sign of the cross with a straw. You have to visit him on Monday, Thursday, and Monday; The local man who cures warts here, is, Michael Rourke, Kil-colgan.
Sore throat: Put roasted salt in an old stocking and put it around your neck going to bed, and it will relieve your throat before morning.
Hiccough: To give a person a sudden fright stops a hiccough at once.
Burn: Anyone who has licked an "Alp Luachra" can cure a burn by lick-ing the burn.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Sheridan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Daniel Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
