School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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- (continued from previous page)The holly leaf is a cure for a burn.
The water out of a blacksmiths forge is a cure for warts. (Put your hands in the water and say some prayers and the wart goes).
There is a flower with a yellow blossom on it, it has the cure of warts.
The cream of the milk is a cure for sore lips.
Ragweed is a healing plant for sore throat.
Men who were born, after their father dying, have the cure of the sore mouth. They can cure a child that has the sore-mouth. They make signs and say certain words and the mouth is made clean.
- If a person finds a horse's tooth and keeps it in a dry place, he or she will never have a toothache.
Boiled Grumble Seed (which grows along the Boyne) is the best cure for kidney(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Assey, Co. Meath
