It appears that 1980 elsewhere in the world was still essentially the middle ages in Ireland; populated by charming old people who represented this forgotten time centuries past by what was their unrecognizable spoken word, archaic superstitions & beliefs. Quite charming folks indeed. Thanks for this rare upload & insight.
It was a lot more common than you would think, these cures would found today throughout Asia, Africa, South America. Are ancestors weren't as foolish as we think, they were connected to nature a lot more than we are. Most Pharmaceutical drugs today are synthesised from natural cures.
I had horrendous warts on my hand for around 5 years. Tried everything, freezing etc. Went to a man with the cure in Celbridge, Co.Kildare in c.2000-2002. My dad made me go! I had no faith in it at all. Said a few prayers over them and rubbed them with something (maybe Elderberry leaf?!).Within 2 weeks they were gone and have never returned.
I was thinking the same here it reminds me of our little parish hall when i was a kid in the 80s i can smell it from here maybe a little gas heater running in the corner😃😃
Probably a couple of Super Ser's on full blast for the stage only... The great unwashed in the audience will have to do with keeping their wet donkey jackets on .. the smell of the gas will probably make them feel warmer!
People might sneer a bit at the prayers but those people believed and generally ate wholesome food, not near the drinking and smoking that goes on today. Herbs have provided wonderful cures for centuries
I used to enjoy Donnacha’s Highways and Byways radio programme years ago. He travelled all over the country, interviewing some very interesting people. Real radio. Nowadays we have to put up with Ray D’Arcy!
They’re like my own grandmother years ago in Idaho - an herb and a prayer for every ailment. Can anyone suggest a good book on Irish botanical folk medicine?
@@farmersimonk Thank you! I just now reserved this through interlibrary loan and it should be in my hands by next week. And I’m excited to see the author also has books on the folklore of Ireland’s birds, trees and animals
The Prayer for Blood cure Our lord Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem He was baptized In the River Jordan The waters was pure and the waters was culled As Jesus passed by the water stood And by his power And in his name I demand this blood to do the same Say 3 time for the cure to complete Powerful simple lovely Prayer
This is interesting CR, I've heard of some of the cure's for the burns and the bleeding and the Jaundice but different ones than these mentioned if you have anymore that come up in the Archive please consider posting them.
NI cure for warts . My mother said a local lady had the cure and cut a spud in two .One half rubbed on the warts and the other half tied up on a string out on a tree .As the spud rotted so too did the warts . It worked .
Yeah, what you are hearing here probably constitutes what you'd call a longford accent. It's not as instantly discernable as accents from other areas of the country...being as flat as the landscape around the area itself.
A very strange thing happened to me 49 years ago. I was out walking one day through mountains and valleys in my area, minding my own business when I set down for a rest, a 0voice directed me to a place further up the mountain, I was told that I would find a very rich vein of pure gold, it was mine but I must not show others where this existed, it was for my own use and I must not pass any part of it to anyone else. I am a very rich but poor man as I am not allowed to sell any of my mountains of gold
A long time since I saw 3 elderly people on telly. Now you must have legs 6 feet long and blonde hair the same length. Simple happy times. Long gone alas. Sure we are all dead cool now drinking Processo eating caviar and doing pilates. Auld cures my arse.🤒🤧🤮😭😢😤😫🤤😝👀👁👀👁
as will we be all is some 40-60 years’ time. what of it? Mortality does not erase the possibility of shared positivity effecting a ‘cure’, albeit even only temporary, for all sorts of human malaise.
Great clip, bless them all 🇮🇪🍀
These are probably long deleted from rte tapes, great to see someone has saved some of these from destruction
It appears that 1980 elsewhere in the world was still essentially the middle ages in Ireland; populated by charming old people who represented this forgotten time centuries past by what was their unrecognizable spoken word, archaic superstitions & beliefs. Quite charming folks indeed. Thanks for this rare upload & insight.
Very funny, but daft in arrogance
It was a lot more common than you would think, these cures would found today throughout Asia, Africa, South America. Are ancestors weren't as foolish as we think, they were connected to nature a lot more than we are.
Most Pharmaceutical drugs today are synthesised from natural cures.
I had horrendous warts on my hand for around 5 years. Tried everything, freezing etc. Went to a man with the cure in Celbridge, Co.Kildare in c.2000-2002. My dad made me go! I had no faith in it at all. Said a few prayers over them and rubbed them with something (maybe Elderberry leaf?!).Within 2 weeks they were gone and have never returned.
I can feel the 1980 cold and dampness of that hall from here, given the way they are all dressed.
I was thinking the same here it reminds me of our little parish hall when i was a kid in the 80s i can smell it from here maybe a little gas heater running in the corner😃😃
Theres a po under the stage !
Central heating is bad for you. 🇬🇧👍
Probably a couple of Super Ser's on full blast for the stage only... The great unwashed in the audience will have to do with keeping their wet donkey jackets on .. the smell of the gas will probably make them feel warmer!
People might sneer a bit at the prayers but those people believed and generally ate wholesome food, not near the drinking and smoking that goes on today. Herbs have provided wonderful cures for centuries
Oh be god if drinking and smoking was all they were at Michael. Lord save us and guard us
Oh be da hokey, there's no amount of dandelions that could save the youth of today Michael
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Piss in the beds 🤣
Thank you for sharing, times past, gone but not forgotten
I used to enjoy Donnacha’s Highways and Byways radio programme years ago. He travelled all over the country, interviewing some very interesting people. Real radio. Nowadays we have to put up with Ray D’Arcy!
They’re like my own grandmother years ago in Idaho - an herb and a prayer for every ailment.
Can anyone suggest a good book on Irish botanical folk medicine?
following on here for any other comments.
Niall Mac coitir Ireland’s wild plants
@@farmersimonk Thank you! I just now reserved this through interlibrary loan and it should be in my hands by next week.
And I’m excited to see the author also has books on the folklore of Ireland’s birds, trees and animals
@@johnnielson7676 I have the whole collection! They are a treasure.
I love the cure especially after a good night’s drinking.
I was honestly hoping that at least one of these cure's were gonna be a hangover one.
Woulda been gas if they took out a fry-up with a cup of tea :D
@@seanoceallachain lol 😆
@Greg 😆
Donnacha o dulaing 1933-2021, age 88 years
from a US Donnelly, this does me proud to see
Such dignity
That's a fine prayer.
The Prayer for Blood cure
Our lord Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem
He was baptized In the River Jordan
The waters was pure and the waters was culled
As Jesus passed by the water stood
And by his power And in his name
I demand this blood to do the same
Say 3 time for the cure to complete
Powerful simple lovely Prayer
This is interesting CR, I've heard of some of the cure's for the burns and the bleeding and the Jaundice but different ones than these mentioned if you have anymore that come up in the Archive please consider posting them.
"Harp and Shamrock" Great hornpipe.
NI cure for warts .
My mother said a local lady had the cure and cut a spud in two .One half rubbed on the warts and the other half tied up on a string out on a tree .As the spud rotted so too did the warts .
It worked .
Longford, 1980. No joke.
There was nothing a bit a flat 7up couldn't cure back in the day.
Or a mug of broth
Me ma use to pull that one when yea were sick .. used to heat it up 🤣
I can’t drink Lucozade to this day. I associate being sick with drinking it.
Magic
Are all these three from Longford?
Would they have a Longford accent?
Yeah, what you are hearing here probably constitutes what you'd call a longford accent.
It's not as instantly discernable as accents from other areas of the country...being as flat as the landscape around the area itself.
By jasus! Who said there was no talent in Longford.... what?
Look how people in Ireland we're so far behind rest of the world, 1980 they were still living in the 60s
The latest man saying a prayer lol, I remember people blessing themselves walking by statues, cyefin Mary, even if they were driving past lol
🤣🤣I thought she said she had a cure for the horn!!😃
What Wid The Horn Being 😳
She definitely had a wicked sense of humour
Funny. But what did she have a cure for?
Class.
A very strange thing happened to me 49 years ago. I was out walking one day through mountains and valleys in my area, minding my own business when I set down for a rest, a 0voice directed me to a place further up the mountain, I was told that I would find a very rich vein of pure gold, it was mine but I must not show others where this existed, it was for my own use and I must not pass any part of it to anyone else. I am a very rich but poor man as I am not allowed to sell any of my mountains of gold
This guy looks like he's parodying someone 😂
I say the blood prayer works Ona cut jugular vein
A long time since I saw 3 elderly people on telly. Now you must have legs 6 feet long and blonde hair the same length.
Simple happy times. Long gone alas.
Sure we are all dead cool now drinking Processo eating caviar and doing pilates. Auld cures my arse.🤒🤧🤮😭😢😤😫🤤😝👀👁👀👁
Not quite the same but hardly any better than Jeremy Kyle.
That's why the prick got the sack
And with all the portions and cures none could remove the curse of being born in Longford
Ufff
It's not witchcraft , then the old guy processed to cast a spell , repeat three times etc. Wow.
Add a bit of fairy dust and 3 Hail Mary's and you're laughing
Or a trip to the Laughing Factory for tune up.
😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣
They’re all dead now.
The cure didn’t work.
They weren't claiming they had a cure for Death.
@@honeyfungus4774 it’s a little bit of dark humour.
Maybe they are still alive.
@@evanhaley.7813 the interviewer died this year.
as will we be all is some 40-60 years’ time. what of it? Mortality does not erase the possibility of shared positivity effecting a ‘cure’, albeit even only temporary, for all sorts of human malaise.