School: Ceathrú na Manistreach, Elphin
- Location:
- Abbeycartron, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Pádraig
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- (continued from previous page)Mrs Featherston, Cherryfield.
Jo Lyster.
When a person, suffering from ringworm visits any of the above named, they examine the sore make the sign of the cross over it and say a certain prayer.
They repeat this treatment on Mondays and Thursdays until the sore disappear.2. Wild Fire : - Write your own name in ink round the sore and this will prevent it from spreading, or rub a piece of gold to the sore and it will soon disappear. 3. Skin diseases : - A man, named M Neill, from Cloonmahane (near Tulsk.) has "the cure". He examines the sore and then gives an(continues on next page)
