School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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- (continued from previous page)water or we wash them in the water in which the blacksmith cools his irons. If we break a limb that is an arm or a leg we go to the bone-setter in Croughal, Frank Glennon and he sets it for us and it will be alright again.
- If you gather nettles and boil them and make nettle tea it will cure a cold or any kind of throat trouble.
A golden wedding ring will cure ring worm. People can make ointment out of herbs which will cure a burn. - Collector
- Maureen Egan
- Gender
- Female
- When people have the jaundice if they go down to a man in Dysart named Byrne and take a pint of asses milk with them he will add something to the milk and if they drink it the jaundice will be cured.
- Collector
- Christy Scally
- Gender
- Male
