School: Edenagully
- Location:
- Edennagully, Co. Cavan
- Teachers: S. Ó Cléirigh C. Ó Baoighealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 215
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- (continued from previous page)It is said that if any child that has the whooping cough goes in under a donkey it will cure them. It is said that if a child suffering from mumps is led three times round a pig-sty while saying a certain charm it will cure the child.
It is said that a posthumous child has the cure of the dirty mouth and that the seventh son of a family has the cure of the worm evil. There are some people who have the cure of the strain, they run the place where the strain is while saying a certain charm. There is also a cure for nose bleeding, they say some charm.
Warts: To cure warts rub a snail to them and leave the snail hanging on a thorn.
Another cure is to make the sign of the cross with holy water both morning and evening on each wart.
Whooping Cough
A cure for this is to drink milk from which a ferret has been drinking.
It is considered a cure to drink the juice of boiled nettles.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Owen Mc Entee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Teevurcher, Co. Meath
