School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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- There are several cures in this locality for Warts. This is a very common cure, to put your fasting spittle on ten consecutive mornings or rub a snail on it and stick it up on a white - thorn tree and when the snail decays. For Biles a very old cure was to boil Dandeline roots and drink the substance obtained after boiling. There is a well in Kilgorey and if you drink some of the water and leave a ribbon on the tree and bless yourself you will get rid of your disease. If you had a sty on your eye and prick it three times with a gooseberry thorn it is supposed to cure it.
- Collector
- Thomas Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois