School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 037
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- (continued from previous page)If a horse kicked you, you would have to shoot the horse before your foot would get better.
If you got a sting of a nettle get a docken and it will cure it.
A child that never saw her Father has a cure for sore eyes.
If you had a toothache put pepper in it and it will cure you.
If you had a wart get a certain weed and when you bruise it milk comes out and let it fall on the wart and it will be better.
Another way to cure a wart is to get a snail: put him up for three days and when you would go out if the snail was there it wouldn't get better and if it was gone it would get better.
If you went to Our Lady's well if you took off your stockings and shoes and walk in the water you will get cured.
- Collector
- Maura O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr John Harold
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
