School: Killadooley, Ballybrophy (roll number 12692)
- Location:
- Killadooley, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Edward J. Guerin
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“There is a Rath in Gurtnalee, which is in this Parish, ...”
There is a Rath in Gurtnalee, which is in this Parish, and years ago Mr. Shortt the owner of it wanted to cut down the trees in it. The people of the district advised him not to cut them down, but in spite of their advise he did it. A few days after he yoked his horse to draw the timber out of it, and it dropped dead. Then he yoked his donkey to draw it out, and it dropped dead also.
After that he never had a day's luck, all his cattle died, and he met with a lot of sickness. After some time he made up his mind to leave the district, and he was not very long left it when he died.Cures.
The hair of a Posthumous child boiled in milk and strained, cures the whooping cough.
The Mullen plant, boiled in milk cures colds.
The vervain leaf heals all kinds of wounds.
Borax and honey cure the thrush.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Wall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadooley, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr James Loughman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Killadooley, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Annie Wall
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Killadooley, Co. Laois