School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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- (continued from previous page)Dandelions boiled and to drink the juice. Scalded butter-milk locally called whey is supposed to cure a cold. It is said that a cure for rheumatism is to molest a bee-hive and a few stings will cure it. A good thing to rub on a sprained ankle or leg is goose-grease.If a person caught an alplucer and licked him, he was supposed to have what is called the "Cure of the Lick" and if another person got a burn the person that licked the alplucer could keep the burn from blistering by licking it. An alplucer is an animal the shape of a crocodile but very rare and small. It is found under a stone near a river because he cannot live without water.If a person had a bad cut on the finger he would put a col-wel on the cut and it would stop the bleeding Another thing that used to cure a cut was pounded-moss A cure for warts is to get a snail, bless yourself with it; rub it on the warts and then stick the snail on a thorny bush: and while the snail is withering the wart is going away. Another cure for warts was count as many warts as you have and put that number of pebbles in a little bag. Bless yourself three times with the bag and leave it at a crossroads and the person that lifts the bag would take the warts. Another cure for warts is the water that does be in the hollow in a stone. The person that has the warts must not look for the water or it will not cure him. He must find it when he is crossing a wall or stile(continues on next page)
- Collector
- J. Ennis
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Pat Ennis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath