School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 046](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0732%2FCBES_0732_046.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 046
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- XML Page 046
- XML “Local Cures”
- XML “Local Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)made of a frog. The frog is put into a bottle, and as fast as the frog dies the whooping cough will keep going.To cure a sting of a wasp use was made of an onion, and for a sting of a bee use was made of washing blue.To cure warts on your hands, count the number of warts on your hands and then put the same amount of stones in a bag and leave it at a crossroads. The first person who will lift it up will get the warts, and they will leave you.
- If a gold ring is placed round ringworm by a seventh son it is said to cure it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Douglas Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Belton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath