School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- (continued from previous page)(9) Whooping Cough:- If two of the one name get married they can cure the whooping cough.
(10) Holy Wells:- People go to St. Lassan's well to get cure from rheumatism and pains in their backs.
(11) Thorns:- The foxes tongue is used. it has to be left on it twelve hours.
(12) Ring worm:- The seventh son or ninty" daughter of a family can cure the ring worm.
(13) Stye:- To look out nine times through a marriage ring, or point nine goose-berry thorns to the sore eye the patient wil be cured.
(14) Warts:- To get a stone with a little water in it, and(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon