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School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)

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Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Beóláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 004

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    About mid-way between the present Coralstown school and church, there is a field called the sweat-house field. At one corner of this field the four town-lands of Coralstown, Heathstown, Hightown, and Knocksimon meet. In one corner of this field a sweat-house stood and the track of it can still be seen. It was a small house with very little ventilation. When any person in the parish got a bad cold, or a severe attack of rheumatism their friends would bring them to the sweat-house. Then a big fire was lighted and the person was put into the house. Then he would be left there until the sweat poured off him.
    His friends would then roll the sick person in blankets and take him home.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Geraghty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballinla, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Geraghty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Ballinla, Co. Westmeath