School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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- (continued from previous page)her daughter had. He gave her this ointment and after nine days she was cured.
When people kill a goose at Christmas they keep the grease because it is a cure for a sore throat.
Long ago if there were nine girls born in a house, the last girl that was born got a maggot from her father. It was given so that the girl would be able to cure ailments when she would grow up.
There was a well in Graney. It was called St Patricks well. People who had sore eyes used to go and bathe them in the water.
There was a little girl who had very sore(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maggie Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Christopher Foley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare