School: Baile an Doire (roll number 15156)
- Location:
- Ballinderry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: -
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- There are many ways in which the people long ago used to cure their ailments without going to the doctor.
This is some of them. When a person has the Whooping Cough if his, or her godmother, or godfather puts a red tape on his, or her neck it would get cured. When a person has a wart on his, or her hand and if they wash it with water that is in a rock without looking for it, it will get cured. If you had a sore finger and hold it up to the sun it would get cured.
If you had a boil on your hand and if you rubbed it with March Mallow it would get cured. March Mallow is a plant which grows in Marshy places. If you boil(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Mhurchadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinderry, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Fannon
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female