School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 170
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- In olden times, it was very hard to find a cure for an ailment. But now there is no trouble finding a cure for an ailment.
Holy wells are very often visited by people for sore eyes and also for sore faces. If you have belief in the water of a holy well your ailment will be cured.
I often saw my mother using breadsoda for a toothache. I think it is a very good remedy for it People should always get breadsoda for a toothache because it is a very bad pain to have.
Boiling water is a very good cure for a pain in the stomach. Long ago many old people used that remedy.
Sometimes people find it very hard to get a cure for chilblains. A girl
went to an old man for a remedy for chilblains, and he told her to get an old knife and heat it in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maplestown, Co. Carlow
