School: Kilcullen (B.)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)There is also a boy in Harristown who can cure warts by some prayers he says. His name is Martin Merrins.
In Newabbey there is a hollow stone, when it rains if you can dip a pin in the water and stick it in the wart it will cure it.
On Knockaulin Hill there is a well of St. John's. If you wash yourself in it it will cure some skin disease. If you count your warts amd put the same amount of stones in a bag, drop them at cross road and the first person who opens the bag gets the warts.
- Collector
- Pádraig De Núinnseáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
