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School: Knockminna (roll number 12720)

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Knockmoynagh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire Ní Scannláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 411

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    Warts.
    The best way to cure warts is to get a stone with a small hole in it, and to put the wart into the hole for nine days, saying some short prayer each time. At the end of this time, the warts will be gone.
    Another way for curing warts is by rubbing a snail to them, and then the snail wears away, the warts will wear away.
    Corns.
    If we wish to get corns cured, we should steep them in vinegar and ivory for nine nights in succession, and at the end of this time,
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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
    Informant
    Mrs Porter
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooneen, Co. Sligo