School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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- (continued from previous page)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(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Devlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Joseph Devlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny