Cures And Charms - Poyntzpass
CuresandCharmsBy dwhatis'alternative' medicine.Usuallyoras acupunctureto are ness'alternative, medicine\ the mysteriousthreetable spoonfulshe doesn'tUnfortunatelymeantalso'recipe' for a cough mixturefollowingout by Lizziethis. It was writtenillustratesof Aughantarraghanaround1920. ItCassidywas:"Squeeze 10 lemons. Add 1 oz. cod-liver oil and1 oz. honey. Beat well together with a fork ncoughteaspoonful"troublesometaken, or applied to the affected part. A 'charm \on the other hand, consistsof a ritual of someistakenbutthereand no treatmentsort,nothingas such. Oftenthe two are combined.MostI suppose,have, at one time oradults,acureand charm to aadministeredanother,child who has been stung by a nettle,sayingitlike, "Don't cry. This will makesomethingbetter!"and rubbing the sting with a dock leafsaying,in and out,"Docken, dockenTake the sting of the nettle out!"leaf is aNow rubbing the sting with the docken'cure', while reciting the rhyme is a 'charm'.Doesit actually work? Doesthe juice of theto the sting? Or isdock leaf act as an antidotethis an exampleof a situation where you don'tstandthere,you do something?justIn the era before modern medicine,inpeoplewereinandpoor peopleparticular,general,? could be made asfor treating whitlow"Venice turpentine 2d, castile soap 2d,to2 egg-whites,2d, 2oz flour,honeyflourthicken. Mix to a paste and apply twice daily."are a number of categoriesThereof peopleor theorbirtheitherwho,occupationbytoof their lives, have, accordingcircumstancesare:thesefolklore,special powers. Among* Womenwhoretain the same surname afterJohn Quinn around 1850:worth of sulphur and three fardins"onefardinsworth of cream a-tartar and half a pinte of newmilk. Put the milk on the fire and make a crudthen put the sulphur and the cream a-tartarin it.Skim the cruds and put them in a cup, rub it withpoet,and warmthe whey.l9BA pastefollows:left to their own devicesand, in thetowereof eoffromallrelyApartuse of home-madeherbal remediesthey madeownuse.theirforvariousconcoctionsupThe followingmedicineforhome-maderecipeis recordedin manuscriptswritten by the Actonthe firey B BliLizzie Cassidyoftenatto cure.Theof 'cures and charms'Whilethe word'cure' is often used to coverboth it is, perhapsimportant to defineinitiallyI supposethe terms'cure' and 'charm'.that,acontext wouldinthis'cure'strictly speaking,some substanceisrefer to a treatment wherethe crudstheofwhey."it wasrecord whatmarriage;e.g.a MissMurphymarrieda MrMurphy*Achild born after his / her father's death, thata boy, "who never saw hisis a child, particularlyfather".*Widows.Take7
POYNTZPASSAND DISTRICTLOCALHISTORY SOCIETY*perhaps becauseareOur Lord,blessed.Blacksmiths.*Godparents.*Achild bom in a cowl.*son of aTheseventhson, or the seventhseventh son.*Membersof certain families, e.g. McElroys*a cure handed down orPeople who have hadgiven to them.*Royalty.certain animals, e.g. the pigAs well as people,or the donkey, are said to havespecial at antiquitytoIreland.ChristianityconventionalThere are certain illnesses whichsoto cure beenunablemedicinehas,far,in some cases, but not cure.prevent, perhaps,associationbeingwithspeciallyFelix McConvilleof Lenaderg,whose mothercame from Tullydonnell,South Armagh,gaveme a version of the charm she used. "Take thechild to a donkey. An adult should hold up thedonkey s tail and the child pass, or be passed,three times under the donkey's belly and round'Aunder its tail, as the adult says three times,lagana hugana pugna, pugna huganalagana.'"the wordsFelix has no idea whatsignify andI have spoken to, can attach noIrish scholarstothem.meaningless elaboratefor whoopingcure,ontois'whistlethebladeof a knife.'coughinA charm for mumpsalso involves a donkey,that the donkey'sblinkers are put on the suffererand he or she is led to a well or to the pigsty. Ifto the latter you had to say, "Pig, pig, here areAnother,areand examplesin childhood,last forgenerallypredominantlytwo or three weeksand usually clear up.This type of ailment is often the subject of a cureor charm. Cynics wouldsay that the ailment willalastforlimitedin any case, andonlyperiod,on thethat the treatmenthas no bearingMumps,yourmumps!"'stye' of a different kind is a stye in the eye, aailment. One cure for apainful and unpleasanta gold weddingtoitwithistouchstyering or,Anotherbetter still, a widow'sweddingring.cureainvolvesthe kone.eachPointofthendiscardbush,gooseberryAother than that it gives the impressionoutcome,thethat somethingis being done to alleviateconditionand that it helps to pass the time.One cure for whoopingis 'a change ofcoughair'. This mightthe 'air of ainvolve breathinguswho live onandforthoseofdifferent county'athe border of counties Armaghand ent when, at the age of 8 or 9,1 developedthe remaining nine thorns at the stye in turn thenthrow it over your left shoulder. You may, ormay not, touch the stye with the tip of each ofthe first eight thorns but you must touch it withthe ninth.I was told another versionof the same cure:three triple thorns from a glethe lastit witheach thorn at the stye. Touchthorn and say, "In the name of the Father, and of"Then throw thethe Son, and of the Holy Ghost.thorn over your left shoulder.It is believedthat a nose bleed can be cured byablack thread tightly round theoftyingpiecelittle finger or by holding a widow'skey to thePickThetooklate Ernie Hanloncough.whoopingme with him in his lorry whentohe wentfor a load of sand. ICo Tyrone,Coalisland,presume the treatment worked for the whoopingthecough cleared up and, at any rate, I enjoyedouting.Anotherof their closeasregardedcurefor whoopingis to getcoughawomantoeatsurnamefromwhosesomethingdidn't change when she got married,e.g. aMissaMrmarriedYoushould getMurphyMurphy.three things,butterandbread,traditionallysugar and you should not thank her.A more bizarre charm foriscoughwhoopingone wherethe patient, usually a child, is passedthree times over and under adonkey. Donkeys,back of the neck.I remember being told when I was a youngster,and it was certainly widelythat a cutaccepted,in the rousforefingercause lockjaw or cause you to bleed to death. Itis no doubt an old wives'tale but was widely8
POYNTZPASSAND DISTRICTLOCALHISTORYSOCIETYincan, indeed, be a problembleedingStoppingIn de-homingcattleboth humans and animals.an animal bleeds excessivelyand thesometimessame can happen to some people,for example,to a man. Anotherman,near Armaghhas alsoLexie Crozier of Lisnadilgot this cure. Attie never refused anyone. Mrsof.Cairns did not know what the cure consistedcut is to put atreatment for a bleedingAnotherIn the past, locally anyoneafter tooth extraction.with a problem with bleeding would have beenas Attie had theadvised to, "go to Attie Cairns,"cure. He belongedto that group of people whohave had a cure given to then by another, usuallyof somethingcobweb on it. This is an examplethat has been shown to have a scientific basis asa cobweb has been found to be a natural sourceIt was believedthat there was noof penicillin.a scrape than toaorcutbetter way of cleaningandbelieved.older,froma womanlet a dog lick it.person.are unsightlyand unpleasantand are thecures.Some of the curessubject of a great manyfor warts are:* Cut apotato in half and rub it on the wart. Asthe warts will disappear.the potato decays* Rub the wart with water from a blacksmith'sWartsi.r,j/i: Wiliilft*jwP1BBBBp:MHBE 'MiWwtrough* Rub the wart with a snail thenimpale the snailon a thorn. As the snail decaysthe wart willdisappear.*Wet the wart with afasting spit.* Treatstone.with water from a hollow* Somewartwillthefromyou. (Thebuypeopleshould be putyou get for the wartsmoneywhere you'll never see it again.)* Rub the wart with a coin. Leavethe coin onthe road. The finder of the coin will also get thewart.Am'e* Treat withof athe whitejuice, or milk,dandelion.Waterfrom a blacksmith'strough was also acure for chilblainsand soot from the chimneywas used to clean teeth.acould be preventedToothacheby carryingnail in your pocket,blacksmith'sin yourThe practiceof pocketCairnsto Mrs Cairns,the late Attie CairnsAccordingwas given the cure when he went to a man whohad alived near Armaghbecausehe, 's name but he gave the cure to Attie.Mrs Cairns said, "It worked for both people andanimals.often came who had cattlePeopleor calving.after m England,down South and all overwould just ring up andSometimeshe got cardsIwork.didn'talways"didn 'thave the faith.Attie passed the cure onIn the cepractice,She writes,that at that time,VictorianEngland". ladies in rich silk gowns wore large pocketsto securein whichthey carried a mutton-bonesuch aMrscarriedthem inyourpotatoCarryinggrandmother."pocket is a said to prevent rheumatism.cure for toothachetheAnotheris to reciteaccepted.apparently widelyon the Floss'MillGeorgeIreland. TheyNorthernask him for the cure.thanking him. The curesome peoplesupposeto his son Adam. Peopleas manyas before.notalthoughit. It isless enthusiasticaboutunusualin that this type of cure issomewhatmore often passed on from a man to a womanstill come,isAdamfollowing.9
POYNTZPASSAND DISTRICT LOCALHISTORYSOCIETYAs Peter sat on a marblestone,Jesus came up, all alone,"Peter, Peter what makesSaying,"My Lord and Saviour,Thecuresin for ninethat, "a burn goesisto thealsoofgreat significancedays." ('Nine'to authoritiesin 'Macbeth'). Accordingwitcheson the subject this emphasis on three and nine isyou weep?"it is the toothache!"late Fred Brysonhad severalcurescertainly pre-Christian.in his eye would,inAnyone who got somethingto contact Mrsbethe Poyntzpassadvisedarea,Trainor. Mrs Trainorhad a charm forMollyetc.from the eye. Her father,dustremovingwas giventhe cure rache,toothache,piles,jaundice and shingles. He passed them on to hisMrsMortonof ThepoetthePatrickrecalledKavanaghin his autobiographicalincidentfollowing'The Green Fool'.novel,one winter's"We weresitting round the firethelatch of the door was liftedevening whenin bandagesand a head all wrappedappearedwholived at the ElevenLaneCunninghamEnds. One day Mrs Cunninghamsaid to him, "/could give you a cure to take a mote out of yourto(for it is thought unluckyeye." He acceptedonthecharmrefuse). Tommy Kennedypassedto his daughter Molly.She has passedit on toher two nephews. The cure must be passed fromman to woman,to man and so on. She had manyin the lamplight."Come inside, we called, and a man came in."I washeMcElroy's,"looking for Harryexplained."I was just thinking as much," my mothersaid."On yer head ye have it, God bless it.""On me head it is," he agreed.The man had erysipelas,known aspopularlywas'the rose'. Any personnamed McElroytotocurebeablethediseasebysupposedthe afflictedpart. HarryMcElroytouchingto makebeing the only one of the name willing- had athe cure -it was consideredunluckyto fill any doctor withlarge enoughpracticefrom Englandand in Canada. Griffith Wylietold me the following:a number of years ago, while I"One evening,still had the grocer'sStreet,shop in Railwayto go up to mejustclosingbeforeon at Billy Corbett'swere goingrenovationson the roof. As Ishop and men were workingwas going round the corner I glancedup to seewhat they were doing. Just at that moment a gustof wind blew a shower of dust off the roof and,as luck would have it, some of it got into my eye.It was extremely painful. When I got back to thethe MuckerRoadenvy. As his house lay alongwe had many callerstheSomeway.ofinquiringthese people came twenty miles."I don't knowif any McElroysin this area oroncure.cure heoferysipelasA person bom after the death of his or her fatheris said to have the cure for thrush. The late MrshadJosie Carson of Church Street, Poyntzpass,tothis cureand wasaskedoccasionallyadministerit. She also had a cure for mouthulcers.athree and nine are regardedcuresainandcharms.Oftenbeing significantpatient must visit the 'curer' three times for thecure to be effective. Nine, as in the gooseberryin the eye and severalthorn cure for styesThenumbers *?jyiw J m BPitIt was, and perhapsothers, is also significant.still is, widely believedthat in the treatment of aseriousillness, the ninth day very often saw afor better or worse.It wassignificantchange,?&r Molly10 - *Trainor--1.-?-'''. e*V BB%i BmM* fl(left) with her sister Mena
POYNTZPASSshopI wasadvisedto ring MollyTrainor,AND DISTRICTLOCALHISTORYSOCIETYasnobody in the shop could help me. So I lifted theto tell you the truth, I had nophone, although,in it, and asked Mollywouldgreat confidenceshe make the cure for me. She said she would toI closed up the shop and wentbe sure. Anywayout home in the van. I was hardly fit to drive myeyewassosore.When I got home my tea was ready but I wasn 'tI saidfit to eat it, such was the pain. Eventuallyto Betty my wife,'I'm going to have to go to theI can't bear it any longer. You '11havehospital.to drive.' So we got ready to go. It was by thenthe pain stoppedtwenty to seven and suddenlyall right. I told Bettyand my eye was perfectlythere was no need to go and that was the end of KBBJBBwM P Brw x Brigid Quinnthat.next morningHowevershortly after openingtime Molly, who was a regular customer, camein. She asked me how my eye was and I told herit was fine.She said,'I owe you an apology.lastAfter you rangnight, before I could makethe cure, a visitor camein. It was twenty toseven before I got doingitfor you.' Perhapsitwas coincidenceit worked forbut I'm convincedtreatment for sprains was, possiblystill is, to rubas itthe sore joint with goose fat or 'goose-ame'was known. Manyaofgoosepeople keptjarame in their homes for emergencyuse.I often thought that not only did the patientbenefit from the visits but Brigid did, too, as ita bit of chat andher with company,providedof importancein thealso gave her a positionme."I supposethis also ersontypeonlyas Mrspassing on a cure. It would be essential,Cairns put it, that such a person had "the faith."to knowthe cure ent'sto concentrate.To maketo put up withThey also need to be preparedatforassistancealland have ahoursrequestsstream of visitors,often strangers,tocomingtheir door. Manycouldn'tbepeoplesimplybothered.Trainortold methat when itywas very unluckyto refuse to take it. If you doaccept the cure you must never refuse to helpthe cure foranyone who requests you to makethem and you should on no account receive anyofsister, the late Mrs LizzieTurleyinvolvedhad a cure for eczema.Thisa belt that the patient had to wear nextmakingthe hat the sufferer(mercury)Molly'sActonabstainedfrom alcohol while wearingthe belt.aA cure for ulcers on the leg was applyingcoldofboiledpoulticeturnips.A former neighbourthe late Brigidof mine,Park, had a cure for sprainsQuinn of Aughanin Patrick Kavanagh'sand, like Harry McElroystory, she had a large and regular'practice'.JoeBrigid was given the cure by her er McCamleyand to a relative wholives inDromara. Many patients arrived at Brigid's dooron crutchesit is true to say thatand, whilenot everyonefor your help. Howeverpaymentwith a cure keeps toMolly'sstandards. A friendtold meof minethat she and herrecentlytoto a man e.supposedlydid not get any benefit from theunfortunately,wentthree times), and each wasvisits,(they?20?120 in total.visit,perchargedI have no personalof a cure thatexperiencefor me, (other than the change of air!),workedleft the same way, practicallyall ofnearlythem wouldclaim that the cure greatly helpedto be really effectivethem. For the treatmentthree visits were necessary. Anotherlocalall11
POYNTZPASSAND DISTRICTLOCALHISTORY SOCIETYbut I must say that I am always glad to hear ofan instance where an old ntoIwhichoftheanecdote,veracityfollowingacan personallyistestify,good example.the son of colleaguethen1994. Christopher,aged six,Septemberbumped his knee getting over a fence while out- awith his grandfathervery minorwalkingtheswelledkneeincident. Howeverup, waswasto thetakenandthechildvery painfulDoctorofthebesteffortsdoctor.Despitethe knee remained swollen and painfulCupplestheandchild, who was unable to attend school,was sent to Craigavonfor x-ray etc. HeHospitalin the e,Hospitalcoursesboneintensiveof antibiotics,tests,scans and having his leg in plasterfrom thethe bestankle to the thigh for several weeks,that heintheconcludedlandmedicalopinionhad septic arthritis in his knee. It was in the boneand could spread. He would have to learn to liveandwithit as it is an incurablecondition,eventuallyChristopherbe partiallyhe woulddisabled,wouldhelp.painkillersmotherhad, from the beginning,Christopher'son the kneeaconsideredputtingbread-poulticecure wouldbebut felt that such a Rooneyin Royal Victoria Hospitalin December,she applied the home-madeThree daysandofbreadbaking-soda.poulticealmost a half-inchlater a blackthornlong wasdrawn from the child's knee. Her son made animmediaterecovery and was back to school thehome,?yowamimabteft al f?dpfe?*o'pJiot e24O503 t,2 10*?/---?--T4?Oipftwrn?.Consultant****- ? ?'I,.',i12sChristopher"appointmentf/iethorncard withattached
POYNTZPASSAND DISTRICT LOCALHISTORYSOCIETYto try it. She usedit on DoctorSovereignand it didn't work; but thousandsJohnson,oftheher subjectsstill regularlyup forqueuedthat in today'sroyal touch. One can imaginemore credulousera, itmight once again becomeisday. I have been told that honeyfollowingalso excellentfor drawing out a thorn.All over the country there are people with curesfor practicallycould beevery ailment. HivesoneFor'afastingcured withindigestionspit.'cure wasto suck a lump of coal. Thomasof Lisdunwillyhas aMcDermottRoad, Armagh,popular,a greatboost for a falteringmonarchy"cure for ringworm.His treatment which he sayswasas 'ato him',is described'handed downdry spit'.cures involve'nine'. AAs I have said, manyinwholivedIrishhad interestinga lock of hair from her head. This was put insidea tissue and then worn next the patient's skin fornine days. After that the hair had to be burned.had a cure forA Mrs Murphyof Pomeroyout nine egg-cupfulsasthma. She measuredofwereonthewhichoatmealpatient'splacedthen took the measuresofchest. The patientoatmeal home. They had to be eaten dry, threea day for three days.measuresMrs Phyllis Turley of Chapel Lane, Armagh,hasa cure for shingles, whichthe burninginvolvesof nine sticks. A lady in Ardee, Co Louth has acure for a verruca that also involvesthe use ofnine burnt sticks, she uses nine burnt match' mm KSmll W mmMmmm&JL m?jm mmmmmmmMsticks.I wascure for bums,told the followingbyonthe bum and say, nineTrainor. BlowMollytimes, "Before God and the sod under the foot,that this burn should no further spread."I have beentreatmentstold variousWhilehave foundwhichindividualstherehelpful,doesn'tappear to be anyone with a cure for thecommonthe generalis howevercold. Thereacoldthat"Feedand starveadviceyou should,aDr. Samuel nd by Edward the Confessor but it hadthat.in Francebeenlong beforepractisedwasintroducedCeremonialby HenrytouchingVII and the sufferers were presented with a goldI sometimescoin, although Charlesgave silverTheinsteadof'touch pieces'practicegold.its heightreachedunder CharlesII, who,to Macaulay's'History of England',accordingfever."in cures of this kind was, and is, notBeliefto Ireland or, indeed, to ordinary folk,confinedas an article in 'The Times' on 11th November,In his column, Magnus1999 shows.Linklaterwrote:touched nearly 100,000 people and in 1682some 8,500. He states that in 1684, "thewasso great that six or seven of the sickthrongwereto death." WilliamIII calledittrampledasIt waslast practised,"a silly superstition."instated in 'The Times' article, by Queen Annealone,in"If it hadn 't been for the Act of Settlement1701 we might still have a king or queen withto heal. The Stuarts used to practisethe powercuring scrofula,"touching for the king's evil"-anasty skin disease,by laying on of hands;the divineit came withthey thoughtright ofwasAnnethe last there wasawidespread belief in the North of England thatIrish people had a cure for snakebite and that ifan Irish person drew a circle round a snake it13
POYNTZPASSAND DISTRICTLOCALHISTORYcouldn'tgetout ofthe circle.ThisSOCIETYand evenin this era of scientificthrive,medicine?very sensibleManypeople, whoseword I wouldn'tdoubt, have told me how theyseemhavebeenwhichby seems appropriate;"There are morethings inapparentlyarose from the legend of St Patrick banishingthe snakes from Ireland.A child bom in a cowl was sure never to bewas one such as hedrowned. Charles Dickensat oneSailorstells us in 'David Copperfield'.it wasto buy a cowltime soughtbecauseitsof it would protectbelievedthat possessionownerJohnsonofCharliefrom drowning.told me that he carried a cowl withTandrageehim all through World War II when he served inin Boltonthe Royal Navy. His sister, a midwifethan are dreamt of inand earth, Horatio,I supposePutanotheryour philosophy."way,andthat if Horatio had lived around Poyntzpass,ashad dismissedthe wholesuperstitiousthinghe think you know a lot, Horatio,but"You mightsmart and all as you are, you still don't know itall!"gave it to him.in these charmsIs there any basis for believingsomeand cures,of whichappeartotallyto survive,ridiculous? How have they managed**? f sl * % Bk J ES9bhB1i B HS H9Si BHHMKaKB'?W ?Jp?Jl JBSIiMBBliiiiirJii B\H BiiB 8 BIBBMIili BI P - w l i* Jf c,.- B BhSBS H HhBhIPoyntzpassNo. 2 National14School, RailwayStreet
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