School: Mainistir na Féile (B.) (roll number 16264)
- Location:
- Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: S. Ó Háinlí
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- (continued from previous page)he told them they could no nothing without a light, and he said he would get one. The two men rested until the man returned with the light, but when they looked into the hole it was full of water and they could not trace the flat stone anymore.
- A cure for warts used by the old people was to put a stone or anything into a bag and leave it on the road and whoever picks it up will get the warts.
To cure sore eyes get a water-hen's eggs and boil them, and eat them, and the sore eyes will be cured.
A cure for the jaundice was to get a live spider and put it into a bit of butter, and give it to the person with the disease and it is said that the person would be cured. To cure measles:- boil sheeps' droppings in milk and give the milk to the child and the child would be cured.
A cure for the thrush was :- Get a gander and put the gander's beak into the child's mouth and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dan Leahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Mahon
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbeyfeale Hill, Co. Limerick
