School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)

Location:
Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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  1. Cures for headaches St Briget's ribbon.
    "Toothaches," breadsoda.
    "Boil soap and sugar," pain in back.
    "If you rubbed a snail to a wart it would be cured.
    Names of fields
    "Inch field."
    "Heaplys' field," because heaply's lived there.
    "Pond field," "Hill field," "Tank field," and "Quarry field.
    Names of stones
    "Bittling stones," used for bittling clothes.
    "Stepping stones," are used for walking across a river.
    Names of fields
    There is a field called the clover field in Mr Ryans land it is good for grazing. Other fields are the "Bull's field," the "Fort field," and the back field.
    H Martin Fogarty Ballyhurst age 13
    Heard from
    Paddy Crowe
    Ballyhurst Tipperary
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Fogarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Paddy Crowe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary