School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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- The following are the cures which the people had long ago.
They used to creep under an ass three times and then bless themselves three times as a cure for the Whooping Cough. If a person had a wart he would point a gooseberry at it; that was supposed to be a cure. Another cure they had was to rub goose grease on a burn to heal it up. They used to give a piece of bread to an ass to eat and then eat the crumbs that fell from his mouth; that was a cure for the Measles.
People used to roast salt and out it in a stocking and tie it around their necks as a cure for a sore throat.- Collector
- Joe Power
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barnacrow, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- William Power
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Barnacrow, Co. Kildare