School: Leacht na mBard (Latnamard) (roll number 16769)
- Location:
- Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- To prevent rheumatism an iron ring was worm on the fourth finger.
A bunch of min was tied round the wrist as a remedy against disease.
For a sty on the eyelid a gooseberry thorn was pointed to it nine times saying '' away, away, away''
The cure for hip disease was to take three green stones from a running brook between midnight and dawn and then rub them to the sore spot saying
'' Wear away, wear away
There you shall not stay
Cruel pain, away, away''.
As a remedy against toothache the sufferer carried the haw bone of a haddock in the pocket.
Another cure for the toothache was to go to a graveyard and say three Our Fathers on any grave and then take from the grave a handful of grass and chew(continues on next page)- Informant
- James Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan