School: Hackettstown (2)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Anna Seabrooke
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- Cancer - Robert Harris of Coolmanagh has a cure for external cancer. He got a cure from his Father who previously got it from his Mother.
He mixes a plaster and puts it on where the cancer is.
The person has to go to him two or three times to see how it is getting on, and to remove the plaster, and the root of the cancer comes out. The plaster is left on for five weeks.The above remedy was got from Mr Harris
Tombeagh
Hacketstown,
Co. Carlow.- Informant
- Mr Harris
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tombeagh, Co. Carlow
- Warts - A great many children have a great many warts on their fingers. It is believed around here if the hand is dipped in forge water in which a wheel has been cooled the warts will go away.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Violet Seabrooke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs O' Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow