School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)a feather and the tongue was covered with it. Honey was one substance of it.
The old cure which people had for a headache was to dip brown paper in cold water and then tied it to the forehead. This was a good cure.
Another cure people used to say was good for corns was to walk out in the dewy grass in their barefeet.
A twin son was supposed to be able to cure a pain in the back. The person with the pain should lie on his stomach and let the twin son walk on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Ní Longáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Edward Long
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
