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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

Location:
Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 007

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 007

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  1. Local Cures - The Wart Well (continued)

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    It is surprising to see a spring so high up and though we have had no rain for a month there is no sign of the well going dry.
    The children all go to this well to get rid of their warts. They dip their hands in the water and throw a piece of rag into the well.
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  2. Local Cures - Broken Bones

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    John Muldoon Ballard who died two years ago was a great loss to this district. When ever any one had the misfortune to break a bone the sufferer was brought to this man's house. He never failed to set the bone though he never got any training for the work. People had more faith in his skill than in any doctor.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. broken or dislocated bones (~21)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Millie Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balrath, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    George Demmody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Wattstown, Co. Westmeath