School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Bearna na Gaoithe, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)comes. It should be put in the fire and brought out smoking and come in and out three times. It is a cure for a headache.
Another cure for anything wrong with the feet is to wash your feet and get a fir stick put in in the fire and when it is red to put it in the water then put the stick in a thatched house or shed and leave it there.
When you are pelting out the water after washing your feet to put a red spark into the water and it is said that the fairies cant meddle with your feet.
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