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School: An Chill, Dúngarbhán (roll number 630 or 16748)

Location:
Kill, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 122

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    of the person who was bleeding.
    For rickets only a certain person had a cure who was usually a blacksmith. The child who had them would be taken to a person who had the charm. He would be taken to the forge then and the blacksmith would redden the iron and touch the nails of his fingers and toes with it. The child was then thrown across the anvil three times. The person had to visit the forge three times for this purpose.
    People used to go to the blessed well to be cured. They had to be there before sunrise in the morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máiréad Tóirpí
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Cummins
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway