School: Naomh Eoin, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 1301)

Location:
Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bráthair Tomás Mac Binéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 201

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 201

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    you step across him back the other way.
    You shouldn't carry anything on your shoulder out of a dwelling house. Wait until you get to the door to put it on.
    Don't go to see a sick person on a Sunday unless you have been to see him some other day previously or otherwise he won't get well.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Cures
    Some people say that Cahill's blood will cure ringworm. Others say that Walsh's blood will cure it.
    To cure warts squeeze the milk out of the weed called "Rabbit's milk" on the wart. A few applications will suffice.
    The water or milk in which "ground ivy" (an herb which grows on ditches and creeps along the ground) is boiled will cure a cough.
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away but an onion a day keeps the whole world away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English