School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget
- Location:
- Baile Oscail, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: F. Mac Cárthaigh
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- Long ago when people would have a bleeding nose. They would put something cold down their back, and the nose would stop.
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- Collector
- Paddy Lalor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Grianán, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- Peter Bret
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Grianán, Co. Laoise
- The cures that some of the people had in this locality for a bleeding nose was to tie the middle two fingers on the left hand and then to hold it up over your head The cure for a bleeding finger was to tie a cobweb around it and it would stop the blood. The cure they had for a pain in the stomach was to drink ginger in boiled milk.