School: Castlejordan (roll number 15974)

Location:
Castlejordan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
M. Nic Amhlaoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 026

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 026

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  1. Local Cures
    A sting of a nettle can be cured by the juice of a dock leaf.
    Blue will cure a sting of a wasp or a bee.
    Wild Fire:-
    If a man and woman of the same name get married and have an only son he has the cure of the wild fire but his fatehr must have died. He must draw a drop of blood from his finger and put it on the affected part.
    Warts:-
    If you have warts get a straw foreach wart and put a knot on it and a pin in each knot and bury it in the ground and when the knot begins to decay the wart begins to fade away. You have to bury a straw for nine mornings and the warts will go away.
    Some old people have another way to cure warts. They get a bottle of holy water and the person with the warts gets a stone for each
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Coyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kildangan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Thomas Coyne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Kildangan, Co. Meath