School: Ferbane (Convent)

Location:
Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr. Patrick
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  1. Anyone suffering from teeth aches can be cured by leaving a little thing in a small tower in Seven-Churches in Clonmacnoise.
    There is a certain stone in the same place, anyone who sits on it is cured of a pain in the back.
    There is a weed that grows in the fields called "The Seven Sisters". It is supposed to take off warts from the hands.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Kilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creggan, Co. Offaly