School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 190
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- Pain in the head.
There was a man in Tullamore one time and he was supposed to have the cure of a head ache. He used get little worms and put them in a bottle. Then he used to get little plants that grow in bog fields and he used to squeeze the sap out of them. He used to put the sap in the bottle also and the person that would smell the bottle was supposed to be cured.
- Collector
- Ambrose Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Montrath, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Montrath, Co. Westmeath
- Warts.
When a person had warts they used to steal a turnip and bore a hole on it, then they would put salt into the hole and when the salt(continues on next page)
