School: Bracknagh (2)
- Location:
- Bracknagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giobúin
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- By wearing tight boots or shoes it causes Corns or Bunnions. The men and women who have them if they are doing anything in a bog go barefooted to cure them.
By getting wet feet and not taking off boots and sitting near the fire it causes Chilblains and the best cure for them is to toast them at the fire.
The water the feet are washed in is thrown out.
Peter Morrissey wears clogs every day except Sunday.
- Collector
- Kathleen Carey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonsast Lower, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Thomas Carey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonsast Lower, Co. Offaly
- Chilblains on the feet, the best cure is a raw onion and the juice squeezed out and rubbed into them. The best cure for corns is to wash(continues on next page)
