School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Leamhcán, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Teacher: Sr M. Gabriel
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- (continued from previous page)name was Mrs. Dignam of Esker. She had a cure for a hiccough it was two worms she placed in the patient's hands. The hands are closed tightly and after praying for some minutes the hands are opened. If one of the worms is dead you would be cured. The way you would repay her was to bring her a sod of turf you would never give her money.
- There is an old woman in Lucan named Mrs. Keogh Tandy's Lane. She has a cure for Thrush she makes ointment from the juice of the Dandelion and some other herbs. Then she rubs it into the sore part and very shortly after it is cured.
- Collector
- Rita Grahame
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leamhcán, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Informant
- Mrs Grahame
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leamhcán, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath