School: Kilbeggan (B.)

Location:
Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 559

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  1. If the Godfather of a child puts a red string around the child's neck it will cure the Hooping-cough.
    Wart.
    If a person puts a snail on a tree and according as the snail withers the wart will wither too. Another cure is to get a straw or stone and bury it after rubbing the effected part with it, but whoever first walks on the straw or stone after will get the wart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killard, Co. Westmeath
  2. Brewery House.
    This House was once a Brewery belonging to Egans and that is how it got its name.
    Coal Hill.
    This hill is in view of the Dublin
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.