School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 131
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Brath Bríde was a good cure for headache.
- Sty.
A Sty is cured by cold Tea, also the wedding ring of a widow. Wart
To rub a snail to a wart is supposed to cure it.
Another cure is, if you were walking along the road and to see a little hole on the wall and water in it, dip the wart in it three times this is a good cure.
Whooping cough;
Food left behind a ferret is a good remedy.
Another remedy is if you a meet a man riding a grey horse and anything he would reccomed(continues on next page) - Informant
- Peggie Rea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Woodlands, Co. Limerick
