School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Conghaile
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- (continued from previous page)A cure for a sting of a wasp. Tie a slice of an onion to it.
Cure for whooping cough. Get the child's god-father or god-mother to tie a red ribbon round the child's neck.
A cure for warts. If you come across a stone with a hole in it and water in the hole, rub the water to the wart and it will wither away.
A cure for boils is chicken-weed roasted on a coal. Rub butter on it and put it to the boils.
A cure for sore throat is garlick boiled in new milk and drink it.
A cure for warts is to get a turnip and put a hole in it. Then put salt(continues on next page)- Collector
- Vera Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cam, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cam, Co. Longford