School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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- The people in this district were often cured by herbs -To cure a toothache they used to put a frog in their mouths.When a child had a whooping cough, it was passed under a calf.If they had a cut or scratch they chewed a small leaf called the rib-leaf.There is also supposed to be something mysterious about the seventh son or daughter. Mat Wall is the seventh son and is able to find springs with a piece of stick.If they had warts on their hands they would bury a straw,
with as many knots as there is warts. They made the sign of the cross over the warts. They hung a snail up on a "sgeac" as the snail withers so will the warts go off.There is a wart-well in Clongeen graveyard, it is said to be(continues on next page)- Collector
- William Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leegane, Co. Wexford