School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- Craop-Carbad
When a child takes thrush the mother gets a pure white gander and makes him screach three times in the child's mouth and then the child gets better.
Wildfire
The people long ago used to cure wildfire by rubbing gold of it. They used to also paint a coat at it three times.
Ringworm
The cure for Ringworm is to write your name around it.
The Rose
There is a plant growing called Rosenoble and you boil itself(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Kate Hastings
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leenavesta, Co. Mayo
