School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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Annie Dunne
37 Borris Road
PortlaoighiseTold to me by:
Mrs Dunne
37 Borris Road
PortlaoighiseOld CuresLong ago people had their own cures. (Long). The cure they used for healing a wart was: In the morning when the snails were out to go down the garden and pick up black snail and let it crawl across the wart and it would be cured.
The old cure for a boil was to put soap and sugar on brown paper and put it on the boil.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois