School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)
- Location:
- Carrigans, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 83
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- (continued from previous page)it. Rub it on the wart and stick the snail on a thorn. When the snail has disappeared the warts will be supposed to have disappeared too.
For a sty on the eye prick it with a gooseberry thorn and it will heal.
For enternal cancer. there are certain people who can make a plaster of herbs which will at least cure it for a time.
There is also a cure for the evil. Up at Cragadooish there is a man called Mr. Gormley who has the cure for the evil.
Forge water is supposed to take away hacks from the hands or knees.
Dandelion juice is supposed to remove little marks from the face,(continues on next page)
