School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid
- Location:
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Laochdha
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- (continued from previous page)bottle a part of the best whiskey. Leave it for some time while the whiskey has extracted the juice from the garlic. Shake the bottle well until the sulphur is well mixed with the whiskey. Pour out a glass of it + don't give it time to settle but drink it off at once. As this mixture has an unpleasant smell it is usually taken at night."
- 1. water from St. Mogues well
2."rub sheep droppings three or four times to them"
3." the cure to warts is the milk of the big yellow flower that grows in the field. we call it wart weed"
4."if a person has warts, for every wart they have put a stone in a match box and throw it away. The first person that picks it up will get the warts"
5." tie a piece of twine to a black snail and drag the snail across the wart.(continues on next page)- Informant
- James Donohue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killalongford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- John Kinsella
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowle, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Thomas Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Eaglehill, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Thomas Keogh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshane, Co. Carlow