School: Kilmacoliver, Piltown (roll number 13033)
- Location:
- Kilmacoliver, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ristéard Ó Faoláin
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- Nicholas White of the slate quarries cured toothache, ringworm, evils, wildfire, cancer and ganders
He should have the herbs he'd use pulled between 10pm and 12 pm.
Local cures. RIngworm. Get a red furze cipin and make a ring around it nine times.
Chin cough. Get a cut of bread, let suffering child take a bit ouy of it, give remainder to a black ass. Then let child walk across under the ass three times and ass would take the Chin cough.
Wild fire. Cahills bloods locally. two persons of the same name married their blood could cure it.(continues on next page)
