School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)a snail and rub it on the warts. Then you should stick the snail on a thorny bush until it dies. When it dies the warts will dissappear.
There is a woman named Mrs Moore of Ardateggle and it is said that she has power to stop bleeding. There is a man in Bilbo named Mr Wilson and it is said he has a good cure for warts. He makes this cure for acid and herbs.
A man who lives in Crettyard named Thomas Edmonds is said to be able to raise the brest bone of a person. There is a woman in the Colliery named Mrs MacLaughlin and it is said that she has a cure for eczema. She makes the cure from butter and herbs.
It was said in the olden times, that the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gertie Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Peggie Coonan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumagh, Co. Laois
