School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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- A cure for measels is to get young nettles and boil them and give the water of them to the child, and this is supposed to cure.
A cure for chilblains is to get a bog and wash the chilblains in bog water.
A cure for warts it to get a bunch of dandelions and rub the milk of them on the warts each time saying a prayer, and this will cure the warts.
A cure for warts it to steal a piece of bacon, and rub it on the warts three times, saying a prayer and let no one see you while you are doing it. Bury the piece of bacon there and by the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ethel Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Irwin
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballaghameehan, Co. Leitrim