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 546
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- There is a stone in Shambough and if any one had a sore hand and washed it there it would be cured.
There is a stone in Kilcolm Church yard and there is a hole in it for ones head, knees and hands. If one had pains and knelt there one would be cured.
If one had sore eyes and washed them in cold tea they would get cured.
People used to eat hard crusts of bread to keep their teeth from rotting.
The measels were cured by sheeps dung boiled with milk and onions and then drunk.
St. Anthony's fire was cured by the blood of a person named Cahill rubbed on it.
Toothaches were cured by washing the mouth with luke warm water.
The juice of a dock leaf would cure the sting of a nettle.
- Collector
- Edward O Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Weatherstown, Co. Kilkenny
