A Cure For Mumps

Castlehacket, Co. Galway

If the juice of an orange was boiled with a nettle it could be taken with a spoon of soda and a cup of milk as a sure for mumps.

Collector: Eddie Kearns, Pollnahallia, Co. Galway

Informant: Tim Kearns, Pollnahallia, Co. Galway

Place: Castlehacket, Co. Galway

Footnote: Duchas, ‘The Schools’ Collection’, www.duchas.ie

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