School: Ballyroebuck (roll number 12841)
- Location:
- Ballyroebuck, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seán Diolúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 140
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- Local cures.
There were many cures in this district long ago. The cure for warts on your hands is for every wart you have, get a stone and rub the wart with it, and throw the stone over your right shoulder.
Or another cure is, get a paper bag and put the stones into it, and leave them at a cross-roads. And the first one who picks up the stones will get the warts.
A cure for boils is to get a bottle and fill it with boiling water, and leave the water in the bottle for a couple of minutes. And then take the water out of it, and place the bottle on the boil.
There is a Blessed Well in Kiltilly where people with sprained ankles go (dir) desiring to be cured. The cure for a burn is soda and buttermilk.
- Informant
- Richard Lancaster
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraduff, Co. Wexford
