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School: Ballyfasey, Glenmore (roll number 9880)

Location:
Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 541

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    It is said that sheep's manure boiled with milk and drunk would cure the measles. or if a person had a toothache and if he licked a frog it would be cured. If a person had a headache it would be cured if he went to Killculm to a stone that is there and put his hands in one hole and his head in another hole. When a person had a toothache long ago lamp oil would cure it by rubbing it on the gum. Applying a plaster and flannel on the back and it would cure it and if a horse had a swelling Embracation would cure it. Long ago a woman named Maine Gaul suffered very much from toothaches and she resolved to fast from meat on Wednesdays and after a while the toothaches went complete by. The blood of a black cat or two Cahills would cure St. Anthony's fire. If a person had warts four for instance and if he would put four stones on the road whoever would get them they themselves would get the warts
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Aylward
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny