Long ago people had many old cures. A cure for the whooping-cough was to go to the house of a man and woman of the same name before they were married and get bread from them...

Story collected by Tom Leonard, a student at St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Leonard.

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Cure for Chincough

Story collected by Michael Mac Grath, a student at Seosamh Naomhtha school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Mc Grath.

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Cure for the Whooping-Cough

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

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Seosamh Naomhtha

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Seosamh Naomhtha (school) (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.

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The old people had many cures for the whooping-cough. This is one of them. The milk which a ferret left over after a meal was taken home to the patient and it had to be taken three times in the name of the Father...

Story collected by Paddy Mc Aleer, a student at St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Ryan.

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St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh

A collection of folklore and local history stories from St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh (school) (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An Br. S. Ó Murchadha.

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