School: Loughcrew (roll number 6488)
- Location:
- Loughcrew, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlis, Bean Uí Sheinchín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 018
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- Local Cures 8-3-'38Some people have a cure for certain diseased which doctors are unable to cure.
A woman near Baileboro has the cure for whitelow. The cure is a sort of ointment.
A man of this district was is a very bad state with ringworm. He went to different people , doctors and chemists, but all was no good. he heard of a man at Virginia who had a cure for ringworm so he got it and he got cured and is as well as ever. The cure was a clear, thin liquid with which he had to bathe it and then cover it with a bandage.
An old way to extract teeth was to tie a piece of cord round the tooth and tie a weight to the end of the string ans let the weight fall. I would not like to get teeth out that way.
'Bugles' is a cure for stone-bruises.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tommie Gibson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Naper's Dome, Co. Meath
