School: Skerries, Athy (roll number 10975)

Location:
Skerries North, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
E. Tansey
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  1. The Evil
    Some people suffer from the evil. Evils are nearly like boils to look at. They are very painful. Only the woman that cures knows the difference. Mrs Doyle from Collinstown in the Co. Wiclow cures the Evil. Mrs. Doyle cured a man named from Kilmead Athy. She looked at the evil and said some prayers. She gave mr Dunee some prayers three times every day. She told him is poultice the evil with linseed meal every night. The evil in three days went away completely.
    Lizzie Dunne
    kilmeade
    Athy
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. scrofula (~18)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmead, Co. Kildare