School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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- (continued from previous page)on a cloth and tie it round the chilblain, and they used to cut up a raw onion and tie it round the chilblains.
The seventh son of a family can cure ring-worm.
To cure jaundice, in olden times the people used to use the sweet briar plant. They cut it up and mixed it, they boiled it and strained it and gave it to those who had the jaundice. Jack Mulery of Ballymahon cures it still.- Collector
- Mary Conlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
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- Conlon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford