RT photograph T1 [Sweathouse and well, Creevaghbawn, Tuam, Co. Galway.] PB Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann (CBÉ) / Irish Folklore Commission - Copyright PP Tuaim, Co. na Gaillimhe (Éire) / Tuam, Co. Galway (Ireland) NO 124 I gCuimhne na nDaoine. Average condition. NO Sweat houses were found in many parts of the country. They were used to cure pleurisy and other ailments and also as a type of former - day 'sauna'. A fire was lit in the house until the walls and floor became hot. The fire was then raked out and a layer of rushes was often spread on the floor to prevent the feet being burned. The person stayed in the sweated. They then washed themselves in the well opposite the sweathouse. UL http://hdl.handle.net/:10151/OB_2003716_IF AN uri:info:fedora/ivrla:10345 LK //digital.ucd.ie/?getObject=ivrla:10345 SL UCD Library, University College Dublin LL Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland