School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)
- Location:
- Lenamore, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Brian Mac Tomas
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- (continued from previous page)from a stye in the eye. The affected person pricks it daily for nine days with a gooseberry thorn, and a cure is effected.
A snail rubbed nine times on a wart is stuck on a whitethorn and when the snail has withered, the wart is gone. A child with whooping cough is passed three times over and under a donkeys foal, and will, it is believed gradually get better.
Water found in a (rock when) hole in a rock when you are not looking, is believed to cure warts, and so is a stone which has been accidently boiled with potatoes.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Philomena Newman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Killeen, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mary Newman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Killeen, Co. Longford