School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- Toothache:
A candle burned over a corpse is aid to be a cure for toothache.
Ring-worm:-
The seventh son of the seventh son has the cure for ring worm.
Foul-mouth:-
The person who never saw his father has the ure of the foul mouth.
Warts:-
If you wash the wart in three mairen water it will cure it.
Burns:-
If you lick a mankeeper and then lick the burn you will cure it.
Mumps:-
Any man whose father and mother of the same name has the cure of the mumps. He ties a hay rope round the unfortunate and(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eddie Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreentunny, Co. Roscommon