School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Cill Damháin, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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- XML “Diseases and Cures - Cough”
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- XML “Diseases and Cures - Measles”
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- (continued from previous page)and each day a tablespoonfull was taken three times until the cough was cured.
- This can be cured with the fresh butter off the churn and mixed with gun powder or soot, till the butter is turned black, then it is put on a piece of butter paper and put over the ring worm and covered with a piece of white cloth, and put on fresh each day till the ring - worm is gone.
- Collector
- Lillie Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Damháin, Co. Cheatharlach
- Informant
- Mrs Sinnott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 66
- Occupations
- Farmer's wife
- Shopkeeper's wife
- Address
- Cill Damháin, Co. Cheatharlach
- Measles is cured with manure. It is boiled in milk and the milk is given to the person who has the measles to drink. That will cure the measles. When the person has the measles they are very weak and heavy; and manure puts the measles out from the heart.(continues on next page)