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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 02_038

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    This was supposed to cure a headache.
    When people had corns long ago the cure they had for them was to get up in the morning before the dew was gone off the grass and walk around the fields in the dew.
    This was supposed to cure corns.
    Other people used to get food left after a ferret and this used to cure the whooping-cough.
    There was a family in Goodwinsgardens named Brians long ago and they had seven sons. All the people used to say that the seventh son
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ailís Ní Glionnán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    James Glendon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny