School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)
- Location:
- Cloyne, Co. Cork
- Teacher: E. Geeleher
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- (continued from previous page)cured the throat. A cure for a toothache was this - to fill your mouth with cold water and bend over the fire until the water boiled inside your mouth. When this was done it was said you would never get a toothache again. Holy wells were also visited to obtain relief of certain ailments. The wart-well in Mr Creed's land was visited and the water was rubbed to the warts and it disappeared after a few days.
- Collector
- Esther Meany
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloyne, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Miss Fanny O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloyne, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Mac Bride
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloyne, Co. Cork