School: Kilnaleck (B.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 198
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- To cure toothache and prevent its recurrence pull with your own teeth a tooth out of a skull in a grave yard .
The person who licks a "man keeper" a sort of lizard found in ditches, has in his tongue the cure for burns.
The eleventh generation of Blacksmiths has the cure of Rickets.
To cure warts find a snail without looking for it and rub it to the warts. Stick it on the thorn of a white-thorn bush as the snail decays the warts will disappear.
Boils- Plantain roots (a common root found in every field) the "tea" thud obtained is an excellent tonic, Take an eggcup of this daily and you will find an immediate effect.
A child who has never seen his/her father has the cure of the "Dirty Mouth" He breathes on the affected persons mouth three times in the name of the father son and holy spirit(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peter Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
