School: Killyraine (roll number 4181)
- Location:
- Coillidh Raithin Uachtarach, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: S. Ó Coilleadh
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- 1. Toothache : (1) Hold a small piece of tobacco in your mouth for five minutes, spit it out and then rinse your mouth with cold water, while standing with your back to the east.
(2) A little piece of garlic was tied on the thumb bone with a little piece of cloth. This was kept on for nine days.
(3) When a grave had been re-opened, and a skull thrown out, a tooth was taken from the skull and kept in the mouth for some time.
(4) Not to polish your shoes on Sunday.
(5) On Easter Saturday night people used go to a well at Glennan called Tobar Patrick, between twelve o clock on Easter Sat. night and sunrise on Easter Sunday morning for a drink of the then rising water.
2. Whooping Cough: (1) The person affected was put under and over a donkey three times before sunset, then some oaten meal was given to the donkey, and whatever was left had to be eaten by the sick person.
(2) A mouse was boiled and the soup taken
(3) A ferret was given milk to drink and before finishing was given to the child.
3. Chin Cough: get three things from woman if(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Sorley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Cnoc an Ghainimh, Co. Thír Eoghain
