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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 005

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  1. Local Cures - Indigestion (continued)

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    put a tumbler on top of it. It was left there till it fell off. When it was going to fall off the patient fell asleep. It let a big shot when falling. Then the spool was raised and the patient was cured.
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  2. Local Cures - Cure for Warts

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    When a person has warts he should get a black snail and rub it on the warts. Then he should hang the snail on a thorn in a bush and as it withers away the warts will disappear.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Bannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Maggie Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Westmeath