School: Holy Faith Convent, Newtownmount Kennedy
- Location:
- Baile an Chinnéidigh, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Sr. Mechtilde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0927, Page 233
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- The old people believed in a lot of different cures. Here are a few examples.
Boils.
Boils. Get a leech and let him suck it.
Sore throat. Get a hairy worm in a stocking and wrap it round your throat.
Thorns.
Put a foxes tongue on the thorn and it will be drawn out.
Sore eyes.
Leaves of penny leaf boiled and rubbed on the eyes.
Warts.
Put as many stones in a bag as you like. If you have warts and leave it on the road. The finder gets the warts.
My father told me the above.
- Collector
- Carmel Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Chinnéidigh, Co. Chill Mhantáin
