School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Mac Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 435
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- (continued from previous page)and pick six thorns of the one bush. Prick the stye with the thorns and at the last one the stye will come off. Put it into a little bag and peg it away and whoever finds the bag will get the stye.There was an old man named Johnny Cox. If you went to him and told him how many warts you had he said that they would be going home and so they would.If you got a cut knee and if it was very bad go to Johnny Fagan's well and kneel on the tracks in the stones and it will be cured.There is a cure for weak - kidneys. It is to catch a grass-mouse and boil him in new-milk and drink the new milk.Miss Bannon of Rathmore has a cure for ringworm. If you go to her and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Slevin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Kate Slevin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
