School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)
- Location:
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 328
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- (continued from previous page)Blue, put on the sting of a wasp, was considered a good cure.If you had warts and found water in the hollow of a rock, all you need do was to wash them in this water and they disappeared after a few days. If a person had whooping-cough he should go in and out under an asse's legs a number of times and it was cured. A sty on your eye was cured by making the sign of the cross on it with a gold wedding ring.
- Long ago and at the present time girls make necklaces, bracelets and girdles(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Lennon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
