School: Ballymore (roll number 16569)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Sibéal Nic Eimhin
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- 21316-3-'38Local cures
Mr Joe Tomkins, Ballylough can cure the farcy on a horse. Mr Morrison, Ballintore can cure the jaundice and he can also cure the shingles with gunpowder and lard mixed together.
Some people rub goose grease on their chest when they have a cold. Some people use honey to cure the croop.Gladys Walshe (13)
Corbetstown
Ferns, Co. Wexford
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- Gladys Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Corbetstown, Co. Wexford
- 29-4-38Old Forts
There is an old Church in one of our fields and it was the ancient church of Kilbride, and there were people by the name of Restricks living where we are living now and when they were building the houses that are on our farm now they drew the stones out of the old church and so one night when Mr Restrick was coming home at twelve o'clock he saw the gate going into the field open and saw his own horses drawing(continues on next page)
