School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)
- Location:
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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- (continued from previous page)married they give money.
3. Does any one remember marriages in the houses:-
4. Long ago when people would be getting married they used to get married in the houses, because there was no Churches long ago.
5. How did the wives come home: They used to come on horse-back home behind the there husbands.
- Some people say, a cure for tootaches is to fill your mouth with cold water and sit near the fire, till it boil in your mouth Glycerine and honey is supposed to be a good cure for trush. There is a small well outside the town of Tipperary by the name of Lady's Well, people say that it is able to cure soar eyes. There is a small Well in the Graveyard of Emly, and some people say that it is able to cure warts.
There is a lot of cures for other diseases. The white of an egg is supposed to be a very good cure for a burn or scald. A cure for whooping cough is to put a frog under a mug and the cough would go away, another cure is to shut all the doors and windows in the house and burn tar. A cure for tethers is to boil switch(continues on next page) - Collector
- Lillie Nash
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- James Nash
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
