School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 076
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- (continued from previous page)A woman who married a man with the same name as herself is said to have curing powers.The seventh son of a seventh son is said to have curing powers.People cure a sty in the eye by pricking it daily for nine days with a gooseberry thorn. A good cure for a corn is to scoop out a turnip and fill it with salt then put it on the corn. A bit of raw meat is a cure for a black eye.Johnny Sweeny who lived at Clonbruck, Athlone was a bone-setter, but he is dead now, and his son has taken on the job.Informants:-Mr W. Taylor, 10 Newtown Tce.
Mrs Dowdall, Irishtown
Kieran Hannon, Retreat
- Informant
- Kieran Hannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Retreat, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Dowdall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr W. Taylor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
