School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 145
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- Matthew S Casserley who lives in Kilcumney has the cure of ring-worm. He rubs his hand to the ring-worm and says some prayers. There is another way to cure ring-worm with butter-cup roots. The way is to fry the roots of the butter-cup with unsalted butter. Then you pick out the roots and then you pour what is left on the pan into a jar or tin. After a week or so the ring-worm disappears.
- Collector
- John Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Charles Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
