School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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"Local Cures"
Burn:- A man who licks a mankey can cure a burn by licking it
Toothache:- (a) They used to put nitre to the patients tooth to stop the pain
(b) It is also said that clay got near a blessed is a cure.
Whooping Cough:- Milk used to be given to the ferret and whatever he used to leave after used to be given to the sufferer.
Ringworm:- The seventh son of a seventh had some cure.
Bad Appitite:- Dandelion boiled into soup was a cure.
Boils: A plaster of sugar and soap was a cure.
Cancer:- Watercress picked at a stream was a cure
Pain in back :- People who go Lassar a go under a stone a stone that was there was cured.(continues on next page)- Informant
- James Leydon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon