School: Dunleer (C.) (roll number 1496)

Location:
Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Chathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0674, Page 044

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0674, Page 044

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  1. Warts
    Cut a potato into nine parts and rub each part on each warts making the sign of the cross. Then bury it where no one will walk on it, and when the potato decays the warts will go.
    Measles
    Give a ferret milk to drink, and whatever he leaves after him, the person with the measles must drink it, and she will be cured.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English