Cure for the Whooping-Cough

Abstract: Story collected by Patrick Mc Govern, a student at Seosamh Naomhtha school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Miss C Gillespie.

Original reference: 1028/1/120

 Seosamh Naomhtha [Vol. 1028, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Donegal Schools

COLLECTOR
Govern, Patrick Mc 
Gender
male
Location
Inishmacsaint (Civil parish) 
Tirhugh (Barony) 
Donegal (County) 
INFORMANT
Gillespie, Miss C 
Relation
non-relative
Gender
female
Age
circa 30
Location
Derry (Townland) 
Clondermot (Civil parish) 
North-West Liberties of Derry (Barony) 
Derry (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Cure for the Whooping-Cough  [duchas:4388588]

Get a hair out of the head of a child whose father died before it was born and put a small rib of it on to a piece of bread and jam and give it to a child to eat. That child will never take the whooping cough.

Resource description

Origin information
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 111
Volume 1028
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping-cough--Triuch
School location
Ballyshannon Béal Átha Seanaidh Ballyshannon Inishmacsaint Tirhugh Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4476624
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1028/1/120

Suggested credit
"Cure for the Whooping-Cough"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4476624>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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