School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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    breathe into the person's mouth and then the person is cured.
    They cure sties or sore eyes by dipping a wedding ring in Holy Water and making the sign of the cross on it. Another way is by prodding the sty with a gooseberry thorn and then to burn it.
    Mrs. Mc Carthy, Kilkenny street has a cure for the Yellow Janders.
    A cure for the whooping cough is the leavings of a ferrit's breakfast that is milk taken as a drink.
    There is a man in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Devlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Joseph Devlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny