School: Roundwood
- Location:
- Liatroim, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Peadar Réamonn
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- In olden times people never went to a doctor to be cured but they made ointment out of herbs that they grew themselves.
There is a Holy Well at a placed called "Trinity" near Ashford and there is a cure in it for headaches.
A lot of people come from Dublin and other places for to drink at it. There is dancing at it every "Trinity Sunday"
A woman named Mrs. Timmons of Coolharbour Roundwood has a certain cure for ringworm and the shingles for which she makes ointment from herbs called houseleeks and marsh mallows.
The late Mrs. Carney of Mullinaveigue used to have a cure for warts. She would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lily Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Cnoc Fada, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Informant
- Mr Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Baile Dubh Uachtarach, Co. Chill Mhantáin
