School: Collon (roll number 14579)
- Location:
- Collon, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 191
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“Many people suffer from what is commonly termed "the spoil of a boot", this is cured by an ivy leaf, which was heated at the fire, softened, and then put to the spot.”
(continued from previous page)let a dog lick the place sore.
A person with bad sight is cured by piercing the lower part of the ear, through which women usually put rings.
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“A wart is supposed to be cured if a person finds a black snail without looking for it, and rubs it to the wart, and then sticks it on to the black thorn bush.”
A wart is supposed to be cured if a person finds a black snail without looking for it, and rubs it to the wart, and then sticks it on to the black thorn bush.
In Dowth cemetery, there was a large font, and a person who had warts would put a pin in it and then the warts would disappear.
A cure for the whooping cough was to hold the child nine times under an asse's body.
The clay at Lady's Well in Slane, is supposed to cure all sores and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leabby Cross, Co. Louth