School: Rathmore, Tullow
- Location:
- Rathmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 080
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- (continued from previous page)and it is used to cool the irons
- In olden times people would look for water cress to cure warts and for whooping cough the people would put the child under an asses legs. For ringworm sulphur and hogs lard. The cure for chilblains is forge water. The cure for the sty on the eye is goose-berry thorn. The cure for yellow jaundice is maggots and milk.
- The names of fields, are the rocky field, the big field, the laney field, the long field, the river field, the furry field, the oats field, the wheat field, the shed field, and the barn field. the names of rivers are the Slaney river. The names of hollows are the big hollow the mossy hollow. The names of old bushes are furze bushes scoch bush the hawthorn bush, the May bushes
- The names of the wild birds found in our district are Blackbird Thrush Robbin Wren Stare Wagtail Swallow Corncrake Cuckoo Woodquest Waterhen Sparrow(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peg Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathmore, Co. Carlow
