School: Ferbane (Convent)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 335
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- 1. For a toothache :- Pull a tooth out of a skull, with the tooth that is paining you.
2. For stiff joints :- Rub goose grease on them.
3. For boils :- Press a hot bottle on them for ten minutes, and they are cured.
4. To boil nettles and drink the water is very good for Rheumatism.
5. For warts :- Place a straw in the shape of a cross on the warts, saying “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”.
6. If you lick an “Alp Luacra” you can cure any burn by licking it.
7. For a ringworm :- Put a gold ring around it three times saying “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”.
8. For the lungs :- Get raw Dandelion and eat it, or boil milk and put Dandelion into it and drink it, it is very good too.
9. A man named Mr. Paul Walsh of Belmont cures Wild Fire by tieing a string around his finger, and pressing the blood up to the top of his fingers, then prodding it, and rubbing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Molly Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyclare, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyclare, Co. Offaly
