School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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- There is a well on the parish of Drumraney and the name of it is Saint Finian's. The water that is in this well is able to cure headaches and upset stomachs. This waster wont cure unless it is taken out of the well before sunrise or sunset.
.- Collector
- Teresa Shanley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fearmore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Ham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Toorbeg, Co. Westmeath
- The blood of a whole black cat cures ringworm.
When a person suffers from a toothache before going to bed, tie a cord around his tooth and out of his big toe. When morning comes he will forget all about the cord and he will jump out of bed and pull out the tooth with the cord.
To get a stocking and put onions and slat into it and put it around their neck this cures a sore throat