School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 390
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- (continued from previous page)There is a Holy Well in Letterargh it is said to be able to cure any disease. People go there on the 13th August.
- To put a frog in your mouth when you would have a toothache it would go away and you would never get one any more. If you put a clove in your mouth when you would have a toothache it would take it, and iodine is a great cure also and put jeyes fluid in your tooth it would take it also. A cure for warts is if you put three stones in a white paper and leave them at someones gateway it would take them and washing soda is a cure, or rub a snail to the wart and hang the snail on a white thorn tree and when the snail withers the wart withers.
- It was said in former times the people had cures of their own for ailments on the land. If one had a toothache this was the cure they had to put a frog into your mouth and leave him in your mouth for about a minute and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Goirtín na Bearnan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mrs Ned Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Goirtín na Bearnan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
