School: Finea (roll number 10599)
- Location:
- Finnea, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Kathleen Hackett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 077
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- 1. A child that never has saw his father has the cure of a sore mouth.
2. Gooseberry thorns applied to the eyes will cure a sty, but the thorn must be burried afterwards.
3. The measles can be brought-out by boiling nettles and drinking the water.
4. Dandelion-tea will cure consumption.
6. A dock-leaf if rubbed to a sting of a nettle will bring out the rash and ease the pain.
6. The roots of the dock-leaf will cure a break-out sore on the face.The Muldoons near Fore Co. Westmeath have the art of bone-setting. Any bone which they touch will get well. It is said it was given to them by a priest. He said that a long as there was a Muldoon in the country he would be able to set bones.
Donnellan Ballywilliam Co. Longford has also the art of setting bones.
- Informant
- Francis Hackett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Finnea, Co. Westmeath
