School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)called wart-weed in the Country. It removes the warts painlessly within one day. Women get their marriage rings and rub it around the ring worm. This becomes sore at first but in the end it disappears entirely. Some people can cure cancer for a time. Some people have the power to cure wild-fire. There is a man in Togher who has this power.
- About three miles to the east of Port Laoighise lies the ruins of a fortress. It is called the rock of Dunamase. This was once the home of the O'Moores "Chieftains of Laoighise". The name Dunamase(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen O' Dowd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
