School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- In olden times people had a great amount of cures for sickness, such as tootaches, headaches, etc.
The food left after a ferret was a cure for thrush a desease of the tongues of babies. Hot salt was a cure for a sore throat. To heat the salt put it in your stocking and rub around the throat at bed time.
Washing soda was also a very good cure for corns, to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Ní Longáin
- Other names
- Máirín Ní Longáin
- Maureen Lanigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Kellsborough, Co. Kilkenny
