School: Dalystown (roll number 15307)
- Location:
- Dalystown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Kathleen Grehan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 123
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- The cure of the toothache or ringworm.
When a child who is a seventh son - with no girls between - is born two worms are put across 2 bits of silver in the childs hand and the 2 worms die and that child will have cure of toothache. It is quite common in this district & there are several local Doctors.
If it is seven daughters the seventh daughter has the cure also.
Blast Ointment
A weed grows in a drain and they put it in a pan & fry it in butter & it cures blasts -
March Malas is a herb also.
