School: Irishtown
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Margaret McNally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 122
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Whooping Cough
If a person had the Whooping cough and if he was in and out three times under a black ass he would be cured.
Ringworm
It is said that if you rub cow-dung to Ringworm it would be cured but you would have to rub it to it for four days after one another.
Warts
In a smith's forge there is always a tub of water for cooling the iron and it is said that if you put the hand that the warts are on in this water they will be cured.
Warts
If you had warts and you got three stones and rub them to the warts and put them in a bag and throw them on the road. The person that picks them up will get the warts
Warts
If you had warts and you got a snail and stuck him to a thorn, the warts will wither as the snail withers
Ringworm
When a seventh son or an eights daughter would be born there would be a red worm put into the hand. If the worm turns white the child(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Rathduff, Co. Westmeath
