School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 04_030
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- Sore eyes: The cure for sore eyes is to look out through a gold ring and to bless yourself three times.
Wart: There are many cures for warts such as - To leave a halfpenny at the crossroads and whoever would get it would take the warts. To get the water that would be in the top of a stone and rub it to them.
Rheumatism: There is an herb growing called The Father of the land that would cure Rheumatism. You would have to boil it and drink(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Lochlainn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Clare
