School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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- 1. A wart can be cured by letting a snail walk over it.
2. The whooping cough can be cured by the person affected getting a piece of red ribbon from his god-father.
3. A 'beeling' can be cured by dipping the affected part three times in potato-water.
4. A person who suffers regularly from toothache can cure it permanently by cutting a piece off his hair on the first Friday of every month.
5. A sty on the eye can be cured by pointing nine gooseberry thorns at it.
6. A boil can be cured by letting a God's Horse walk round it.
7. A cut that is bleeding too much can be cured by putting a clean cobweb on it.
8. The 'mullen' plant is a cure for consumption.
9. The 'five-fingers' is a cure for diarrhoea.
10. Watercress cures diabetes.
11. Sorrel boiled with sugar cures delicate blood.- Collector
- Ena Finegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Finegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath