School: Lattoon
- Location:
- Lattoon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hiorraí
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 324](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_1001%2FCBES_1001_324.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 324
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: Lattoon
- XML Page 324
- 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
- (continued from previous page)were blacksmiths can cure the whooping cough.
Wild fire can be cured by rubbing a gold ring or any gold ore on the part affected.
There was a cure in the olden days for cramp in the limbs. It was supposed that when the victim of the cramp was able to turn an oven or pot upside down on the floor he was instantly relieved and if the pain was so bad that he was unable to do so, any person of the family doing likewise was equally good.
When a cold starts in the head sometimes around the lips and nose becomes inflamed Little pustules or pimples spread around the mouth and nose. The old people cured that by the person affected in the morning when he or she would arise out of bed to cast a spit on the threshold stone at the door before they'd eat anything. They'd rub their finger in the spit and rub the pimples and they instantly disappeared. That was called called the cure of the fasting spit.
When a person would get a bite from a dog or cat the cure used in olden times was to pluck a few hairs from the cat or dog and place them on the cut or wound and it was supposed to prevent it from poisning. A cure for (childrem) children in the Spring-time was treacel, sulphur and cream of tarter. It(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rose Mc Gennis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr P. Mc Gennis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan