School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)
- Location:
- Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla
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- (continued from previous page)dead when he was born is able to cure the thrush, by breathing in to the persons mouth and then saying three Hail Mary's. There is a cure for boils too. It is to fill a cup with steam and put it on the boil. It will draw out the boil. Some people put on a meat poultice on it and it will cure to boil too.
- There is a lot of cures to be found through the country. there is a very old cure to take away a wart. It is to rub a stone on every wart then put the stones into a paperbag and leave the bag on the road. Who ever takes up the bag will take the warts. The seventh generation of a black smith is supposed to be able to cure wild fire.
- Collector
- Elsie Doolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lowerton Beg, Co. Offaly