School: St Michael's, Longford (roll number 856)
- Location:
- An Longfort, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Cathal Mac Maitiú
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- For corns - Steep some young ivy leaves in vinegar for twenty-four hours, then apply one of the leaves to the corn and leave it on for three days. On the 3rd night put on a fresh ivy : leave the 2nd leaf on three nights & continue the process until you can take out the corn.
For Whooping Cough - Give a black cat some milk on a saucer and let it drink some of it, then take away the milk and give it to the child who has the whooping cough.
For warts - Get a snail rub it on the wart, then stick the snail on a thorn on a bush. As the snail withers so will the wart.
- Collector
- Patrick Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Longfort, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Mrs J. Lambden
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- An Longfort, Co. an Longfoirt
