School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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- A person having jaundice would have to get up three Sunday mornings before the sun rises and go to a running yellow stream and lie under the water. There is such a well in Ballinlass. A blade of rib grass cures a cut.
Starch and castor oil cures a burn
Black sheep's wool and a drop of oil cures a pain in the ear.People used to put spit on the hearth stone and make the sign of the cross on the wounded part before the breakfast. This is a cure for a wound.- Collector
- Michael J. Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon