School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gráig na Manach

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   Ghost". It would Cure the whooping cought. To put the sign of the cross on a sty with a gooseberry thorn, and then to prod it, it cures a sty. The juice of a dock-leaf cures the sting of a nettle. A cure for a whitlow is to cut up black snails, and put them to it. There is a mission cross in the Church-yard in Graigue and it is said if you cut off a little piece of it and put it in your mouth it will cure a tooth-ache. Fr Mac Donald's grave is in the grave yard in Graigue and it is said if you put a stone off it into your mouth it would cure a tooth-ache. Gladam is a cure for the mumps or swollen tonsils.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty O' Shea

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gráig na Manach, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Collector

   Maureen Doyle

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gráig na Manach, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Collector

   Peggy Flood

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tigh na hInse, Co. Cheatharlach

   Collector

   Rosie Byrne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gráig na Manach, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Informant

   Mrs Catherine Maguire

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   84

   Address

   Tigh na hInse, Co. Cheatharlach

   Informant

   Mrs Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   46

   Address

   Gráig na Manach, Co. Chill Chainnigh