School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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- (continued from previous page)If you had a sore throat they used to tie a silk scarf round it.
If you had a wart and rub a black snail on it and hang the snail on a thorn for nine days it would get better.
If you had a burn they would get a laurel leaf and melt it and rub it on it.
If they had a hiccup they would drink nine drops of water.
If they had a toothache they would put pepper in it.
If they got a cut of a knife they would put a cobweb on it.
If they had the jaundies they would pull herbs out of the ground and boil them and drink the mixture. - [-](continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeanette Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Ned Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford