School: Ashfield
- Location:
- Corballyquill, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Eilís Latimer
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- If a person has mumps he is supposed to get better if he walks under a donkey or a horse.
If a person has a sty on his eye and prick it with a gooseberry thorn and throw it over his shoulder the eye will be cured.
For warts it is a good thing to rub them every day with washing soda.
Another cure is to pick up a black snail and rub it to the warts. Take the snail and stick it on a thorn bush and as it disappears the wart will disappear.
A nettle sting is cured by applying a dock leaf and saying "Dock go in and nettle go out"
Some people are supposed to possess the ability to cure various things.
There is a certain kind of rub which some persons have which has the power to cure a sprain.
They say certain words and the person must have faith that he can be cured by this rub. This power to heal is passed down from one person to another.
Some people have a cure for(continues on next page)
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