School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 429
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- (continued from previous page)My Mother Mrs Smyth, told me those cures.
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Two people married of the one name have the cure of the whooping cough by sending the leavings of their breakfast to the child that had the Whooping Cough for three successive mornings.
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The seventh son of a family where no girl comes in between is supposed to be a doctor and he has the cure of several things:- boils swelling sores of every description. A worm is plased in his hand when he is a baby and held there until it dies so that he could work the charm.
(Informant Christopher Smyth. He died 27th September 1938 aged 82 years) - Collector
- Maureen Comyn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Christopher Smyth
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ethelstown, Co. Meath
