School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 042
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- (continued from previous page)who has whooping-cough ties a ribbon round its neck it will get better. If the child eats bread made by a woman who has not changed her name in marriage it will be cured.
Warts may be cured in the following manner : by washing them in water in a hollow in a rock, or water in the hollow in a tree ; or by putting milk wort on them.A sty is cured by pointing a gooseberry thorn at it for nine mornings and then throwing the thorn across the right shoulder.A headache is cured by putting a towel in a basin of spring water and wringing it out and putting it around the forehead. The seventh son is looked upon as having a cure for ringworm.
To cure a burn cut up some hart's tongue-ferns and boil them in unsalted butter. Then strain the liquid and allow to set. It is said that if you apply fresh cow-dung to external cancer it will cure it.Consumption is sometimes cured by, boiling mullen plant in milk,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eirene Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
