School: Corlatty Carroll
- Location:
- Corlattycarroll, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 244
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- (continued from previous page)A Cure for Neuralgia
A cure for Neuralgia is to go to a public road and rub your hand to your head and then rub it to the road for three times.
The first person that walks where you rubbed your hands he cured you of Neuralgia. A Cure of Wild fire.
A Cure of wild fire is to rub a goat's ear to it for nine times.
Another cure is to rub a sovereign to the affected place. A Cure for ricketsThe child is brought to the black-smith and he puts it across the anvil nine times before he eats his breakfast.(continues on next page)
