Long ago people had many remedies for their ailments. They cured a toothache by pulling a briar named sweet briar. They boiled it and washed the tooth with it juice. Then they plugged the tooth with wool soaked in this juice and withdrew it after a few minutes.
Many people were cured from warts by visiting a wart well in the neighbourhood of Drumcannon. They came there at sunset and bathed the part of skin which was affected by this disease. This is believed to be a "Holy Well".
Long ago people were supposed to be healed from lameness by visiting "St. Patricks' Well" [in] before sunrise. This well is in Marlfield in Clonmel.
When any of their children suffered from the "Whooping Cough" the usual custom was