School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0197, Page 271
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- (continued from previous page)better. There is a sweat house in Mt. Algeas field in Glenboy.
To cure a child with measles boil young nettles and give the water off them to the child.
A cure for warts is to rub Castor oil on them.
Any time you pass by a stone with a hallow in it and water in the hallow, dip your finger in the water three times in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost and the warts will disappear.
Melt cobbler's wax and put it up to a thorn in your finger, and it will draw it out.
A cure for a sore throat was to take the stocking that you were wearing all day and tie it round your neck at night.
To cure a cut and stop it bleeding people used to put a cobweb on it.
Another cure for a cut was to get a dog to lick it.
A cure for sore eyes was to bathe them in cold tea.
- Collector
- John Golden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Collector
- Phyllis Davis
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Golden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Boggaun, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Alec Davis
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Boggaun, Co. Leitrim
