School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: The Sisters
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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.
- 1; Ring-worms were also cured by a fasting spit for nine mornings.
2; They were also cured by looking through a wedding ring at the ring-worm and saying a certain prayer. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.