School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- (continued from previous page)The cure for a pain in your head is Spear point. You pound it until the juice comes out of it and then snuff it up.
Cure for blood poison.
The cure for blood poison is burgundy pitch and dipped candle and white resin boiled all together and put on the sore. - Cure for a Wart.
The cure for a wart is to get a snail and rub it to your hand.
Then hang it up and when the snail is withered the wart is gone.
Cure for sprains.
People roasted chiken weed for sprains.
Cure for a burn.
People gathered ferns from around the barks of the trees and mix them with unsalted butter this cure is for a burn.
Cure for a cut. If you have a cut on(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patsy Soden
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr John Soden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan