School: Coill Bheithne, Baile Mhistéala (roll number 11286)
- Location:
- Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 559
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- (continued from previous page)cure pox in cows. The Drat Bride, which was a piece of ribbon was put out on Saint Bridgets night, was supposed to cure head-aches.
A cure for tooth-ache - a pool of water on a stone found accidentally cures it.
Two very interesting cures for warts are, count the warts then count that number of small stones, then rub your fasting spit on to them and put them into a bag, then throw them over your shoulder at a cross roads. The first person to get them takes the warts.
The other cure is if a person who has warts gets a penny without asking for it and is told to give it to give it to somebody else if he does this the warts will disappear. These two cures have cured people in this parish of warts.
If the two end of a briar are growing in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Aherne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Garryvurragha, Co. Limerick
