School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:: Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
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When one is digging a grave and finds a skull in it if he puts the skull to his teeth he will never have a toothache again. The milk of dandelion cures a wart. If a cobweb is put to a cut it cures it. When a person get a sprain and puts it in cold water immediately it will cure. Goose grease cures cramps. Bogbane cures rheumatism, but it can only be got in May, in a bog. Chillblains can be cured with beef brine. Pimples were cured by
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Topics
1. activities
  medical practice
  folk medicine (~11,815)
Language

English
Collector
Thomas Close
Gender

Male
Address

Cloneen, Co. Kilkenny

Informant
Mike Close
Gender

Male
Age

66
Address

Cloneen, Co. Kilkenny