School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 041

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 041

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  1. To cure a toothache chew brown paper or inhale tobacco. To cure thrush put honey on the tongue mixed with borax. There is a Holy Well in Mothel. On the second Sunday in July is held the Pattern of Mothel. People with diseases go there and take a drink out the Holy Well and walk the stream three times and leave a relic tied on a sceac bush growing over the Holy Well.
    Foughrum and Slawness are used for making plasters for rising fingers and boils . A man named Bowers cures all kinds of ailments with Herbs.
    The seventh son is supposed to cure a burn or to be a bishop a priest or doctor. The seventh daughter is said to be a nun or a nurse.
    Necklaces are made from flowers, so also are wreathes and crosses
    Guns are made out of a elder bough. Birds-cradles are made from a sallow rods. Eyefidels are made from turnips and also lanterns.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Norris
    Gender
    Female