School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: The Sisters
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 116
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- 1;A damp lump of washing soda was rubbed on a ring-worm in order to kill it.
2; Ring-Worms were also cured by rubbing tobacco-ash into the ring,
3; A cure for ring-worms was to write your name around them in ink.
- 1; The ashes of leather and the ashes of burned oats mixed with lard was a cure for wild-fire.
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- 1. For warts the sign of the cross was put on them three times with the branch of an older tree, the branch was then buried under a rock.
2. They were also pricked with the thorn of a rose bush for nine days, the wart would then wither away.
