School: Tobar (C.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 187
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- A child that never saw her or his father is supposed to cure the whooping cough.
If you had a sty in your eye and get nine gooseberry thorns and point them to it, on three mornings in succession it will get better in a few days.
If anyone had warths on his face, hands or feet and get a raw potatoe, and cut it in the middle and rub it on the warths three times a day for four days it will go on the fifth day.
It is said that the seventh son of a family is able to cure ringworm. If the person with the ringworm is brought to him three days every week for three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Johnson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tinamuck South, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Michael Johnson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 39
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tinamuck South, Co. Offaly
