School: St. Patrick's Monastery School, Bruff (roll number 15581)
- Location:
- An Brú, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Br. Denis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 016
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- Before doctors or veterinary surgeons practiced their profession among the people, certain people were supposed to possess the power to heal various diseases in people and cattle.
When a person got the cure he was warned not to speak to anyone on his way homeward or if he fell asleep by the roadside the healing powers of the cure would become invalid He must also follow the prescribed directions so as to get the desired effect. Many of these cures were successful and for this reason the quack doctors were regarded with awe and treated with respect. A cure for warts which was to find a hollow blue-tone on which rain fell after the 1st of May.
The application of this water (of this water) to the affected parts and the invocation of the Blessed Trinity it is said will cure the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Bray
- Gender
- Male
