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School: St Columba’s, Coggale

Location:
Cogaula, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Ó Fiacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 480

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    To cure leicneach put "chickenweed" around the neck and bandage it outside
    If a cow has the mourn boil "rannóg" and the juice will cure her
    If a person has warts get a black snail, burst him, and rub him on the warts Then tie him with a tráciní to a whitethorn bush
    If a person had warts he should look for a stone with a hole in it, and rub some of the water out of the hole on the warts they would disappear
    If you have wild fire rub gold on it
    If you have "wild-fire" take
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English