School: Naomh Eoin, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 1301)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bráthair Tomás Mac Binéid
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- The following cures were got by Thomas Walsh from his mother Mrs. J. Walsh of John's Quay.
When you have a cough run in under an ass's belly or eat sally grass for a couple of days and it will get all right.
Chilblains are cured by taking water from a forge without letting anyone see you.
Rheumatism is cured by stinging yourself with a nettle for nine nights.
A cure for a cold is to get scalded butter milk and drink it.
A cure for a cold on your chest is get brown paper and a blessed candle, and leave it on your chest.
A cure for a cough is get the stocking you are wearing and put the sole of it around your neck. - The following cures were got by John Deegan from his mother Mrs. Mary Deegan of Newpark, Kilkenny.
A wart is cured by putting a fasting spit and bread soda for nine mornings on it.
I once had three warts on my hand and I got straws of hay and put one piece of hay to a wart and a piece of hay on the fire and the warts went.
A cure for sore eyes is to put the dew of the grass for six mornings. - The following cures were got by Paddy Hayes from his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes of Wolfe Tone Street, Kilkenny.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Wolfe Tone Street, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Elizabeth Hayes
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wolfe Tone Street, Co. Kilkenny