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School: Ferrybank, Arklow

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Ferrybank, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 012

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    Local Cures
    It is said that a person who has warts can cure them by rubbing a snail on the wart and then hanging the snail on a white-thorn. When the snail is dead the wart is dead, but if the snail falls off the thorn the wart will not be cured
    Warts can also be cured by dandelion milk if it is put on often enough.
    Georgina Agar, Coolboy, Arklow, Co Wicklow.
    I got this information from, Mrs Agar, age 43 Coolboy, Arklow.
    The sting of a nettle can be cured by rubbing a dock leaf on it while saying,
    Dock, dock take the sting away.
    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
    Georgina Agar
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolboy, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Agar
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Coolboy, Co. Wicklow