School: Loughcrew (roll number 6488)
- Location:
- Loughcrew, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlis, Bean Uí Sheinchín
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- (continued from previous page)9. Barberry will cure yellow jaundice.
10. The roots of parsley boiled will cure kidneys.
11. There is a well at Moylough graveyard and its water cures warts.
12. Buttercups are a cure for piles.
13. Green cabbage and lots of pigs lard is a cure for burns.
14. There is a well at Fore, that cures tootache.
15. there is a big well called St. Kiernan's well. People fo there on certain days in the year to get cured of certain diseases. I know several (diseases) people who went there to get cured, but I never found out whether they go cured or not.
16. It is said that if you put a caterpiller into a bottle and throw the bottle away you will get rid of tootache.
17. Some people suffer badly from corns. Here is a cure for them. Get a black snail, boil it in a white cloth, and put it on the corn.
18. Crowds of people go to St. Kiernan's well near Carnaross to pray(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tommie Gibson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Naper's Dome, Co. Meath
