School: Traceystown (roll number 12156)
- Location:
- Tracystown West, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Proínséas Bean Uí Phearáil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 128
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- (continued from previous page)Whooping Cough :-
When two people having the same surname get married a piece of bread given by the newly-married couple will cure a child of whooping-cough.To heal a deep cut :-
Get the leaves of a plant known as "Old Man in the Garden" which has a red flower, press the leaves until the juice comes from them, then place in a cloth and apply to the cut like a poultice. This plant only grows in gardens and has thick fleshy leaves.Cure for Warts :-
If you had a number of warts, get the same number of tiny stones and touch each wart with a different stone, then place the stones in a bag, leave it on the road-way or footpath and the first person who picks it up, takes the warts and you get rid of them.
Another cure is to rub the warts with a raw potato, then bury it,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Slevoy, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Slevoy, Co. Wexford
