School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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- Cures
For a cut
Rub paraffin oil into the cut to prevent septic.For lumps in the neck
Roast a large potato and break and put it each side of the neck as hot as you can bear it.For whooping cough
Pass the child nine times under and over a mare ass.- Collector
- Rosaleen Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Hughes
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
- Under the water and over the water and never tips the water. Answer the moon.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosaleen Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Hughes
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin