School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- Toothache can be cured by boiling a pot of water and putting some cloths into it. The cloths are then rung out dry, and placed on the affected part.
There is a well in the townland of Shankill, which belongs to Mrs. Hugh Tully. It is said that St. Bridgid founded it. If people suffering from warts wash their hands in the well they will be cured.
- Collector
- Margaret Gaffney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killynebber, Co. Cavan
- There is a thistle called the blessed thistle, and if it is boiled on milk, the cream will cure whooping cough.
