School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- When a person has the mumps there is an old cure for it. Put the ass'es halter on the person and drive him round the pig-sty three times and say "muca, muca ye take leicne" and the pigs take the mumps and the person gets better.
- Make a poultice of nettles and apply to the affected parts. Make nettle tea and give frequent drinks of it to the patient and keep him in bed.
- Leave the horse out the stormiest weather in Winter and give him no oats at all, and soon the horse will be well.
- Collector
- Wilfred Lowry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Bernard Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghakee, Co. Cavan