School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 176
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- Local Cures
If a person had a wart. He should find a snail accidently. He should make the sign of the cross on the wart nine mornings in succession. He should then put the snail on a sceac and according as the snail rots away the wart will rot away. There are several other cures for taking away warts also. Rub a stone on the wart. If a person had more than one (stone) wart he should have more than one stone. He shuld then put the stones in a paper bag and leave the paper bag on the road. The first to get the paper bag will get the warts.
Miss Kehoe Lacken is able to cure erysipelas with a special ointment of her own. She made it from several things, old bones, rust of iron, lard, soot and certain plants. If a person went to her she would know with a look whether it was erysipelas or not.
Annie Walsh Raheen has a blessed two schilling piece. It is able to cure all skin diseases. It is worn as thin as a three penny bit it is so old. When Annie Walsh will die she will have to give it to a man and when the man will die he will have to give it to a woman and so on.
If a child had the chin cough she should just be put under an asse's belly three times wothout ever touching the ground.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Curtis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathnageeragh, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs Curtis
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Rathnageeragh, Co. Wexford
