School: Claonar agus Carraig, Cill an Mhuilinn
- Location:
- Cill an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
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- If a person suffering from warts buries a "sop" the warts will be cured.To cure a toothache one has only to put a frog in one's mouth.Hot porter is a cure for the whooping cough.Cow-dung-hot- is a cure for a whit-low.Cattle suffering from black-quarter are cured if pig-rings are fastened to their tailsA ferret's leavings cures whooping cough.
- Informant
- Mrs P. Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Lios an Uisce, Co. Chorcaí
- Whooping cough is cured if donkey's milk is drunk.Boils are cured if they are poulticed with boiled linseed meal.To walk barefooted through the dew is a sure cure for corns.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Cox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Leaca na Móna, Co. Chorcaí