School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)cures for there own ailments. Many people is said to have the cure of warts. It is said if you get a raw potatoe and cut it in the middle and rub it on the wart it will cure it.
There is a woman in Killeshin named Mrs Curran. This woman is said to have the cure for children's fever and the Yellow Jaundice. It is said that she cured many people of those diseases.
If you have a sty on your eye, get a gooseberry thorn and stick it in the sty then it will go away.
There is another woman in Ardenteggle named Maggie Purcell and she(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Graham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Miss Pender
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
