School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)
- Location:
- Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: E. Mac Niocláis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0891, Page 204
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- (continued from previous page)People cure colds by drinking spring water first thing, nine mornings in succession. To "draw" a "Boil" people use white bread steeped. They use end wax and they also use "linseed meal" steeped.
To cure pains people visit "Blessed Wells". People give sulphur to children that have worms in them.
- Collector
- Kathleen Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Christopher Atkinson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Wexford
