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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 039

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    lime water. Corns are cured by applying vinegar and loaf bread on a cloth to the corns. if two people were married of the same name they could have a cure for the whooping cough. There were also charms for cattle and it is said they would be cured by these charms. A cure for the black leg and mourn was to rub two green boughs together until they went ablaze. Another remedy is to put elf stones in a bag and put it under the animals head saying the charm. If a cow is overlooked get a piece of rag from some people of the name of the Cassidy and the cow will be right again.
    Rose Mooney Northlands Shercock
    Told by
    Brigid Mooney Age 35
    Norhtlands
    Shercock
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Brigid Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan