School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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- (continued from previous page)There is a church situated in Castleknock which was once a Catholic church but it was taken over by the Protestants. They wanted an eagle on the steeple instead of the cross which was and is on it. Any man who would succeed in taking the cross down would be rewarded, but each man that went up fell off and was killed. They even attempted to knock it down with arrows but the arrows flew back and killed the men.
- Whooping cough:
Pass the child under and over an ass.Sore Throat:
Roast salt on a shovel, fill it into a stocking and tie it around the neck.Rheumatism:
Marshmallows boiled and put on the rheumatic part.Sty and Ringworm:
Rub a wedding ring in the affected part.A sprained wrist:
The skin of a water eel.Jaundice:
Dandelion.Rheumatism:
A raw potato kept in your pocket.Neuralgia:
Nut meg tied around your neck.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Fagan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Sandpits, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr John Fagan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sandpits, Co. Dublin