School: Clews' Memorial (roll number 15465)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 003
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- 1. Ringworm: The seventh son with no daughter intervening has the cure for ringworm.
2. Foul mouth: A person who has never seen his father has the cure of foul mouth. May Ganley, Ballinafad, Boyle. has the cure of foul mouth.
3. Whooping Cough: Ferret's leavings is a cure for whooping cough.
4. A Sty: A sty on the eye can be cured by pointing nine goose-berry thorns at it and casting a tenth thorn over the left shoulder.
5. A burn: A person who licks a mankeeper nine times has the cure of a burn.
6. Toothache: The tooth of a porcupine rubbed of an aching tooth cures toothache.
The finger of a dead person rubbed of an aching tooth banishes the ache.(continues on next page)
