School: Flower Hill (roll number 12788)

Location:
Flower Hill, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Isabel Mc Quade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 303

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  1. Swynnorton is the name of an estate near our house. It is a beautiful place with every kind of shrubs and trees in it. In the middle of them, there is a beautiful old well. This well has a cure for rheumatism. Many people have been cured by just taking drinks from it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. rheumatism (~57)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pamela Bartley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Flower Hill, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Bartley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Flower Hill, Co. Meath
  2. There is an old church yard about a mile from our house, and in it are the ruins of an old castle. There is an old stone in these ruins and it has a cure for toothache by kissing it twice. This old yard is in Athlumney.
    Source: Mrs Bartley, Flower Hill, Navan
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. toothache (~180)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Bartley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Flower Hill, Co. Meath