School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Bealach na Críche, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 135
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- There is a man in my neighborhood his name is Edward Fagan and he has the cure of ringworm. He would not tell you what he makes it with. He makes some sort of ointment and says a prayer. The person that has the ringworm has to go to him till he sees it and then he will know whether to make it strong or weak, but he will not put it on himself. It is very severe ointment, when it is put on the person suffers very much for a while but in about two or three days it disappears.
- Collector
- Seán Cúch
- Gender
- Male
- Wet the ashes of a pipe with a fasting spit and in a few days the ringworm is gone
