School: An Daingean, Cuinche
- Location:
- Dangan, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Stiofán Mac Clúin Treasa Ní Chonmara
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30-5-38. Cure- Warts.
To steal a piece of meat from some one and bury it in the manure heap.When the meat starts to rot the warts shall begin to disappear..
To wash them in the water in the smith's trough in a forge.
To wash in the water in the hole of a stone that would be found unexpectedly in a wood.
To hide a piece of meat in an unknown to anybody.
To bury a piece of the elder tree for every wart but the pieces must be exactly the same lengths and according as the pieces wither away the warts wear away too.To rub one's 'fasting spit 'to the warts for nine mornings in succession in the name of the Father ,Son and Holy Ghost.
To rub with pig's lard.
To get a black snail and rub it to the wart and then go to a whitethorn bush and stick a thorn in the snail ,then leave the snail on the bush and(continues on next page)
