School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)
- Location:
- An Gleann Garbh, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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- (continued from previous page)could not get any cure for it. So at last some one thought of this kind of a cure called Meac an dá abha. The root of this is like a carrot. They cut off this root and they boiled it and they put it up to it and it used to cure it.
Also when they used to have big boils they used to have the tongues of dead foxes and they used to soften them and put them up to the boils to cure them. It also take out any thorns that would be inside.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Sheaghdha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Charraig Ramhar, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Diarmuid Ó Coingheallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Charraig Ramhar, Co. Chorcaí