School: Droichead na Ceathramhna
- Location:
- Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: S. Pléimeann
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- The sore throat is cured by washing it with water out of blessed well three times in succession.
- Collector
- Eddie Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreenahinch, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Edward Gray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Derreenahinch, Co. Roscommon
- The cure of the warts is effected by rubbing a black snail three times on the wart. The snail is then hung on a white-thorn bush and when he withers the wart will go. The cure of the pain in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mollie Milmoe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilronan, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Milmoe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 35
- Address
- Kilronan, Co. Roscommon
