School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)
- Location:
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 105
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- (continued from previous page)In the parish of Castletown near a place called Dysart there is also another holy well called "Tobar Bóithrín" (?) where people go to get a cure for a sick stomach. When they go there they take a drink of the water which cures them instantly. People still rely on these old cures handed down to us by our forefathers, to rid themselves of their ailments.
- In the olden days when doctors were not so skilled in medical science the people relied very much on nature's cures.The old people believed that a married couple bearing the same surname could cure the whooping cough. If the wife made a pancake and divided it into three parts and if the person suffering from this ailment, and husband and wife ate the pancake the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Reid
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killalea, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Daniel Reid
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Killalea, Co. Westmeath
