School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 229
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- A red stringy stalk like twine that grows beside moss which has a white flower on it cures the yellow janders in a day. The same woman that is Mrs. Mc Carthy who lives in the Colliery has a cure for rheumatism. The cure is the white flower which grows on the top of a green stalk boiled will cure it.
- When the famine was in full force in Ireland men called warders were paid by rich men to go around the streets shouting "throw out your dead,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- C. Owens
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Christy Owens
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
