School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 028
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- (continued from previous page)of it, and it is said that once St Brigid cut her finger and she rolled the leaf round her finger and the stain of blood remained on the leaf and it is called St Brigid's plant.
Some of these medicines were used long ago and some of them are used still.
- There was once a man who had many cows. Every night the milk was taken and red water put in its place. A witch lived near him and she had no cows but she had a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Bannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rossleaghan, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs J. Bannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rossleaghan, Co. Laois
