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School: Móta Ghráinne Óige

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Woodlawn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlís Ní Innse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0196

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    To some he would suggest a drink of goat's milk or something equally simple, but whatever he recommeded was sure to cure.
    To Cure a Wart
    Get a black snail & put him on the wart & then put him on a white-thorn tree & he will grown into a wart on the tree
    To Cure a Sty
    Get a gooseberry thorn & make the Sign of the cross over the eye three times with it & the sty will go.
    or
    Get a marriage ring & rub it to the sty 3 times in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost & then get the person to look through it with the affected eye & the sty will go.
    To Cure Ringworm
    Get a marriage ring & make three circles around the ringworm with it & it will spread no further
    or
    Three drops of the blood of a Walsh can cure ringworm also
    or
    the breath of a seventh son can cure it also.
    or
    The breath of a child who never saw its father.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Innse
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir