School: An Tuar Mór
- Location:
- Toormore, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 198
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: An Tuar Mór
- XML Page 198
- XML “Local Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Cures:
Foul Mouth or Thrush: Cured by posthumous son by treathing into patient's mouth, giving teaspoonful of sugar and saying prayers.
Motes in Eye: Removed by putting tongue into eye.
Heartache: Cure usually known to women. Patient must visit the person who has cure bringing a cup of oat meal which the "wise woman" covers with handkerchief and wound round head three times. Oat meal disappears in proportion to seriousness of complaint. Remainder is made into a cake and is eaten by patient before he leaves the house. Three visits are made by patient.
Ringworm: Cure held by seventh son or seventh daughter. When seventh son or daughter is born a worm is placed in childs hand and it dies. Ever afterwards person cannot hold worm in hand or it dies. Visits are made by patient three times. Person having cure lays hand on affected part. Patient is supposed to feel hand itchy on approaching house of person with cure.(continues on next page)
