School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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- (continued from previous page)and rub it on the rash and they also have a prayer which they say when rubbing it on. This performance has to be done three times with a certain number of days between each time.
- A cough was cured with an ivy called ground ivy which grew along the ground. It was different from the ivy that grows on the walls. This ivy had a very soft leaf, it grew mostly in mossy places
A bundle of the ivy was got and the stems picked off, the leaves were washed and put in a saucepan and covered with a quart of water. It was then boiled till there only remained a pint of water.
It was sweetened with sugar, and a little ginger put into it to flavour it, it was then poured into a bottle(continues on next page) - Collector
- Lillie Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Sinnott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 66
- Occupations
- Farmer's wife
- Shopkeeper's wife
- Address
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
