School: Gortloney (roll number 11978)
- Location:
- Gortloney, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eoghan de Buitléir
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- (continued from previous page)The cure for this is in lough Ruad (Red Lake) in Knocklough.
Long ago a fight took place on the shore of the lake and its waters became reddened with blood. In order to make the cure effective a person of opposite sex to the patient takes a bottle-full of water from the lake. A piece of moss or mud from the lake is also inserted into the neck of the bottle. The person is not to look back while bringing home the water. Afterwards the water is rubbed on the sore with the finger. This cure is still in vogue and is availed of by several people. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Molly Fagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortloney, Co. Meath