School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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- Collector
- Peter Doggett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Demailestown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- James Doggett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Demailestown, Co. Meath
- Cure for scabs or sores on the face - Unsalted butter and sulphur mixed in equal quantities and applied regularly.Leaves of the dandelion or of the black-currant bush boiled in new milk and the liquid drunk is supposed to be a remedy for kidney trouble.