School: An Corrbhaile
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 329
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- (continued from previous page)I have found out all the old cures I could and I thank Michael McGrath and my Mother for it.
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“Long ago there were no doctors and the old people were as good as doctors.”
Long ago there were no doctors and the old people were as good as doctors.
1. If a person had a sore neck and if they lived near a Blessed Well they should visit the well six days in succession and bring a piece of the moss and put it up to their neck at night.This cure they had if ring worm appear in cattle. If ring worm would appear on a calf the affected parts should be scrubbed with a hard brush using hot water in which washing soda at the rate of one pound should be used to one gallon of water disolved. An ointment consisting of a mixture of one(continues on next page) - Collector
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