School: An Clochar, Cill Ruis
- Location:
- Kilrush, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Pól
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- The people of to-day learned a great remedy from the old people for curing whooping cough sometimes wrongly called chin-cough. If he is put under a female donkey he would not get it bad.The best cure for toothache is a (cure) smoke as the old people say. People having warts believe that if they find water on a stone without looking for it and make the Sign of the Cross three mornings in succession the warts will disappear.
- If a person had a headache the woman of the house would put brow paper and whiskey up to the person's head and it would cure the headache.
Dandelion was used for people who had bad hearts.
There was once a man who was suffering from bronchitis. His wife boiled dandelion(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggie Crotty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilrush, Co. Clare