School: Newtown, Kilcock (roll number 1298)
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- In by gone days people got their ailments cured by means of a quack doctor.
In those times, if you had a toothache, you had to put a frog's foot in your mouth, and say In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, if you wanted it cured. To relieve a sore throat, roast salt was put in a stocking and tied around the neck, another cure was Gladam. A wedding-ring was used to cure ring-worm. Leeches were used to take out poison out of wounds, which other things could not cure. Blast herb or Camomile flowers cure the blast. Heartease is good for a week heart. Flaxseed is good for a cold. Marsh-Mallows cures a sprain. Dandelions are good for delicate people and was supposed to cure consumption. Planting leaves cure a running sore. Vinegar and Bran are also applied to a sprain. Bernard Byrne, being the seventh son, cures a toothache, and swelling on horses. The power of curing pierce lyric (written as pronounced, spelling not know) is applied to any man, with the name(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kieran Gannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs B. Gannon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Kildare