School: Staghall
- Location:
- Staghall, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: G. Mc Govern
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- Long ago before doctors were known, almost everybody had a cure for some ailment.
To cure a wart a little bag of turf-mould was left on the road. The person that lifted the bag would take the warts.
The mumps was cured by putting a pair of donkey's winkers on the patient and leading him round the pig-sty three times.
It was said that the seventh son or daughter of a family had the cure of the sprain.
Wild-fire was cured by rubbing a gold ring to it three times. A heart-burn was cured by taking boiled alder nut in the morning. Another cure was to mix soda in a drop(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumbrughas, Co. Cavan