School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)
- Location:
- Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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- (continued from previous page)The thread must be tied by a certain person who has the gift of curing headaches.
Ringworm is cured by a "seventh son" by putting his hand on the affected place. He does this only on Monday and Thursday.
Boils are cured by putting a poultice of soft sugar and soap and pounding them up together.
A thorn from a white-thorn bush which grows at a spot where "three parishes meet"(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rosanna Cruise
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrycahill, Co. Roscommon