School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Gleann na Madadh, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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- (1) The milk left after a ferret would cure measles.
(2) The flesh of a hedgehog would cure whooping cough.
(3) The seventh son of a family is able to cure boils, and ring- worm by leaving his right hand on them.
(4) The Toothache is cured by rubbing a frog on the tooth which aches.
(5) Warts are cured by the water found in the hollow of a tree.
(6) Blessed wells are able to cure diseasses if you would go to them before sunrise.
(7) I do not know anything about passing a child under an assed belly.
(8) People who are not vaccinated take small pox.- Collector
- Paddy Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Con Thoir, Co. na Gaillimhe