School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)
- Location:
- Baile Anraí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 117
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- (continued from previous page)tot he person who suffers from the disease to drink.Mrs Daniels, Piltown cures ringworm. She gets a furze stick and puts one end in the fire to redden. When the stick is red, she takes it out of the fire and holds it near the effected part. Then she says prayers over the sore and repeats this treatment until the ringworm is cured.The cure for wildfire is to rub the blood of a person named Cahill over it and is it supposed to cure it.Boiled cream thickened with flour is a cure for a sore finger.(continues on next page)
