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School: Rochfortbridge (B.) (roll number 1122)

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Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath
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Ml. Rowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 441

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    gooseberry bush and get nine thorns and for nine mornings, point one of them in front of the eye each morning and make the sign of the cross. When you are finished with each thorn throw it into the fire.
    Tooth Ache.
    There is a hole in a tree over Father Shanley's grave and if you take water out of it on Good Friday it will cure a tooth ache.
    Sore troath.
    If you put fat bacon around your neck going to bed your troath will be better the next morning.
    Ring worm.
    If you rub the blood of a man named Jim Walsh on it it will get better very quickly.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Cleary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Cleary
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Gallstown, Co. Westmeath