School: Rathanna, Borris
- Location:
- Rathanna, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: D. Eustace
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- In olden times people went to old women to seek remedies.
To cure warts "To find a snail without looking for it and and rub it on the warts and then put the snail in a skeough to die. Or if there was a hole in a stone and water in it, go there three evenings to the stone after sunset, and wash the warts and bless yourself with the water, the warts will be cured.
To cure a burnt foot. "There is an old man in Killedmond and he has a cure from herbs and cream and when it is applied to the foot, the foot will be well in a couple of days.
For a pain in your ear. "To put piece of a raw turnip in your ear it will cure it. To cure anthony's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killedmond, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mr Eugene Brennan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Killedmond, Co. Carlow
