School: Rathgarroge (roll number 16023)
- Location:
- Rathgaroge, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Floinn
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- 1. The cure for warts is to rub a piece of fat meat on them and then to bury it in the clay without any one seeing you and when the meat would rot the warts rot also.2. The cure for a tooth-ache is to take a mouthfull of whiskey and keep it in your mouth for a few minutes.3. The cure for a bile is to put a hot poultice of linseed meal on it4. The cure for a burn is to rub it in your hair and put bread-soda on it5. The cure for a pain in your stomach is to put your head between your legs and keep it there for a few minutes.6. A cure for weak hair is to cut a bit off on a first Friday.
- Informant
- John Connick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Whitemoor, Co. Wexford