School: Drumcrave

Location:: Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 251

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Toothache can be cured by boiling a pot of water and putting some cloths into it. The cloths are then rung out dry, and placed on the affected part. There is a well in the townland of Shankill, which belongs to Mrs. Hugh Tully. It is said that St. Bridgid founded it. If people suffering from warts wash their hands in the well they will be cured.
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Topics
1. activities
  medical practice
  folk medicine (~11,815)
Language

English
Collector
Margaret Gaffney
Gender

Female
Address

Killynebber, Co. Cavan
Local Cures

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There is a thistle called the blessed thistle, and if it is boiled on milk, the cream will cure whooping cough.

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