School: Lisball
- Location:
- Lisball, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Doherty
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- If a person has the whooping-cough and goes to the people that are married and their sir name the same, it is said if they give the person a piece of bread it will cure them.
Nettles are a good cure for the measles. They are boiled in water and the person that has the measles drinks the water and it cures them. There is a man not far from our house and his name is Patrick Carroll. He has the cure for a strain. He says a few prayers and rubs the strain and it would be better in a few days.
Ferrets milk is a cure for the whooping cough. Strong tea with a clove in it is a cure for the headache. If the seeds of and Alderberry tree are collected and dried and tea is made from them. It is a cure for the cold. Gold is the cure for wild-fire.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Leonard Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr J. Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Cavan