School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 430
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- 46 Ringworm
Cure for ringworm is to rub a gold coin to it every day until you see it dying away.47 Sore eyes
Cure for sore eyes it to wash the eyes with black cold tea.48 Dirty Mouth
Cure for a dirty mouth is a person that licks a frog is supposed to have the cure of a dirty mouth. They way he cures it is to lick the person's mouth with his tongue.49 Heartache
Cure for a heartache is to lie on your back and to light a bit of a candle and put a penny on your breast an the candle on top of it and put a tumbler over all and lie in that position for half an hour. You have to do that three times before you would get cured.Rose Darby got those cures from her father John Darby.
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- Rose Darby
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- Female
- Informant
- John Darby
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
