School: Scoil an Churnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar
- Location:
- Newcastle, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pr. Ó Fionnmhacháin
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- Local Cures.Whooping Cough :- Some people say that if a child has the whooping cough the best cure is if anyone in the house sees a man passing by on a white horse, halt the man and say "man riding a white horse what is the cure for a whooping cough. The old people say that every man riding a white horse usually knows what is the cure for a whooping cough.Warts :- If you bury a piece of beef in the ground, as the meat is decaying the warts will be vanishing. It is also said that if you gather a small bag of stones and leave them at the cross roads. The first person to find the stones will take the warts from you.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward O Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newcastle, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Hannah Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Newcastle, Co. Limerick