School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 372
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- (continued from previous page)People bathe their eyes and feet in it. Nettles and watercress, when cooked, are good for the health. Linseed poultices are good for a stone - bruise or any swelling or to draw out a bad thorn or relieve a bad cold. Any man of the name of Walsh is able to cure ringworm by rubbing a drop of his own blood to the person. If you go to a woman who has the cure of taking dirt out of your eye she will put a saucer of water to your eye and say prayers and the dirt comes out on the water.
- There is a rath in Clonleim. It is square up for a bit, then it widens out at the top and forms another hill at the top of all. The owners do not plough it or(continues on next page)
