School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

Location:
Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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  1. 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.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ena Finegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Finegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wilkinstown, Co. Meath