School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)

Location:
Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Hanly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 075

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 075

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  1. A man in Mounttemple near Ballinahowen cures gall stone. He gets about a pound bag of clay. The person gets it has to boil it and nitre together. Then it has to be strained through a cloth and drank. immediately after being made. He cured my mother of the disease: Chuala mé é seo ó mo máthair.
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    Mr Thomas Fitzgerald who lived in Castledaly used to cure wildfire, ring-worm and erysipelas.

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. erysipelas (~99)
    Language
    English