School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)
- Location:
- Moyne, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Tháibh
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- In this district when a child's father and mother have the same surname he has the cure of the mumps. He drives the person who has the mumps around the pigsty with asses winkers on him.
A lot of people around here make the cure of a sprain. They make it by saying a prayer. They tie a piece of wool around the foot which is sprained and that wool is supposed to be left there until it falls or wears off itself.
There are warts bushes in this district where people who have warts go. The person who has the warts brings a piece a cloth with him and dips it in some water which is lodged at the bottom of the bush. He rubs the water to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Joseph Maguire
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Longford