School: Coratillon
- Location:
- Corr an tSileáin, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Michael O' Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)Another man got an ass's halter, tied it around the neck of the man having and led him around the pig-sty three times, In the name of the Father and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.The cure of sprain was made at a running stream before sunrise or after sunset by persons, '' who possessed the cure. ''A plant called '' Eagles Claw '' to be found growing in the ground can be made into a cure for the headache. It is plucked and teased in the hand until quite small and then inhaled through the nose.A cure for warts, is to get a black snail and rub it on the warts. Then it is hung on a bush and when it withers the warts will wither also.Another cure for warts is to rub ink on them(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ard Doire, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mr M. Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ard Doire, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mrs M. Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ard Doire, Co. an Chabháin
