School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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- The juice which comes from a piece of green ash timber when burning in the fire is supposed to be a cure for ear-ache. It should be poured when cool into the affected ear.
- Old people say that if you have rheumatism you should beat yourself well with nettles and it will cure you.
- Informant
- John Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 40
- Address
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
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“There is an old well in Wilkinstown bog called Emlagh Well.”
There is an old well in Wilkinstown bog called Emlagh well. The water of the well was supposed to be a cure for stomach trouble and also to be a certain means of giving a good appetite to the person drinking it.
