School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 009
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- Local Cures.If a person gave a ferret a saucer of milk, and that he left some after him, it is a good cure for the whooping-cough. There is a plant called St. Patrick's herb, that prevents blood-poison. There is a holy-well in the Convent that is a cure for warts. There is a well out at Castle-farm where there is a cure for boils. If a person wants to get rid of his boils he prays, and then when leaving he should leave a bit of cloth behind him.A woman named Mrs Carlon of Drumbehera had a cure for sore eyes.A man named Phil Nicholl had a cure for ring-wormA girl named Margaret Donnelly has a cure for removing thorns Drumbore Cloone has a cure for removing thorns.If two people of the same name get married, their family would have a cure for the mumps, or the seventh child of a family would have a cure for the mumps.Comfrey roots grated, and mixed with lard is a poultice for broken bones. Dandelion steeped over night in water is a cure for the stomach, if one drinks the water fasting in the mon morning.(continues on next page)
