School: Baile Roibín, Knocktopher

Location:
Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 198

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    and put Holy Water on it would cure pains for the year.
    Prayer to cure a tooth-ache
    Peter sat on a marble stone.
    Jesus came to him alone,
    "Say Peter, Peter why do you wail?"
    "O Lord I have a tooth-ache"
    "Arise Peter and follow Me and the tooth-ache shall go from Thee"
    Cure for a tooth ache
    Put a frog into your mouth three times in The Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
    Cure for Sore Feet
    Go out barefooted in the dew for three mornings in summertime.
    Cure to stop blood
    Put a cobweb on the cut or put a slánr (slán lur) leaf on the cut
    If anything went into your eye make the sign of the cross and say "It is only clay."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sioban Cuddihy
    Gender
    Female