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School: Móta Ghráinne Óige

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Woodlawn, Co. Galway
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Eibhlís Ní Innse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0250

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    the bush. Another cure is to fill a paper with stones and hide them and the person who finds them will get warts.
    To Cure a Sty
    Get a goosberry thorn and make the sign of the cross over the sty and it will go, or get a marriage ring and rub it to the sty three times in the name of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost and then get the person to look through it.
    To Cure Corns
    Wash them in the dew in the morning or else in a boghole.
    To Cure Ear Ache
    Get a jug of boiling water. Hold the ear over the jug and the pain will go
    Got from Mrs. Mac Donagh, Hillswood
    Asked by Tommy Mac Donagh Hillswood
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    To Cure Warts
    To bathe them three times in a stone with water in a hollow of it.
    To Cure Thrush
    A posthumous child is supposed to be able to cure it.
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    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
    Willie Mullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killaan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killaan, Co. Galway