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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr. Patrick
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    Whooping Cough: It is cured by the stopping of the first man that passes riding a grey horse. Ask him for a cure, and whatever he says that is the cure.
    Wildfire: is cured by a drop of a Walsh's blood.
    Warts are cured by water out of a Smiths trough
    Hiccough is cured by giving a person a start
    Styes are cured by a prod of a gooseberry thorn
    Sore eyes are cured by the juice of a house leek
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madeline Robinson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyclare, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Martin Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyclare, Co. Offaly