School: Grangeford, Tullow
- Location:
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Leanne Doyle
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- In the townland of Grangeford Parish of Rathoe and Barony of Carlow. Mrs Mary Anne Fitzpatrick cured a disease called Anthony's Fire with her blood. Her father was a Keogh and married a Keogh and their children's blood cured Anthony's Fire. There was a brother who lived in Straboe named John Keogh who cured this disease also.
- Collector
- Meta Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Bernard Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- A cure for sore throat in old times is a plant we call Camomile. Boil a saucepan of water put Camomile into it and boil for an hour. Cover up your head with a blanket and let the steam down your throat. It was supposed to be a very good cure for sore throat.A good cure for Yellow Jaundice in olden times was an herb known as a Saffron. Boil it in milk for a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Hendricken
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
