School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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- 1. The old cure of the wart is to get a snail and hang it on a thorn bush for a while and then put it on the wart.
2. A sty on the eye can be cured by pricking it with the thorn of a gooseberry bush.
3. The whooping cough is cured by getting a piece of red flannel and tying it round the neck.
4. The juice of a green leaf such as a St Patrick's leaf will cure the sting of a nettle.
5. A slice of fat bacon will take out a thorn from the finger or hand and it will also cure a stone bruise.
- Collector
- Teresa Fleming
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balsaw, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Balsaw, Co. Meath
