School: Áth Liag (roll number 15308)
- Location:
- Athleague, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Máirtín
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- Warts. Wart lore would fill a book. Water found in a hole in a rock when you are not looking for it is a remover, and so is a stone which has been accidentally boiled with potatoes. A snail rubbed nine times on a wart is stuck on a whitethorn and when the snail is withered the wart is gone. It is locally believed that water in which eggs have been boiled produces warts.
Sorethroat. There are many cures for sore throat, the most popular being sliced onion(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Fitzmaurice
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnasillagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Fitzmaurice
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnasillagh, Co. Roscommon