School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)
- Location:
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: W. J. Nugent
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- (continued from previous page)to come and bless it and it is a cure for headaches.
The seventh son is supposed to be a doctor and is supposed to have the gift for curing toothaches. - The old cure for measles was to boil an egg hard an put plenty of salt in it and give one every morning for nine mornings to the person that had the measles.
The cure for mumps was to heat salt and put it in a woollen stocking and put it around the neck of whoever had the mumps.
The cure for a cut was the good leaf, it grows with the potatoes and withers(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs Whyte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rochestown, Co. Tipperary