School: Kinnitty
- Location:
- Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)person is to be cured and she breathes into the child's mouth and says an "Our Father" and three "Hail Mary's". She goes three times to that child.
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- Collector
- Esker Grimes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbarron, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Eliza Grimes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbarron, Co. Offaly
- 5. A cure for whooping cough is to go under an ass's legs and over his back saying each time in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.6. A cure for jaundice is to pull "blackbuttons" and boil their roots in milk. When they are boiled take the roots from the milk and give the milk to the person with the jaundice.7. A cure for ring-worm is to put a blessed wedding ring on the ring-worm and leave it(continues on next page)