School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)
- Location:
- Edengora, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Michael Hetherton
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- The cure for a burn is to get a 'Hararoodle' leaf and dry it to the fire. Then put it on the burn and tie a bandage around it.
A cure for a mote in the eye is to rub a piece of gold to it.
A cure for ringworm is if you rub ink to it before it gets too bad it will get better.
A cure for the jaundice is to get weeds named 'The Fox Tongue' and 'The Three Sisters'. Pound the weeds between two green stones and strain them with a pint of draught stout. Give it as a drink to the person.
For the dirty mouth the cure belongs to a child who never saw its father.
This person breaths into the child's mouth and says prayers.
A cure for a whittle is to get a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Finegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cormeen, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Peter Rogers
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Ballymakane, Co. Meath
