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School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)

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Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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    Warts are cured as follows. Get a black snail in the grass. Rub it well on the wart. Then stick the snail on a thorn of a white-thorn bush. As the snail withers away the wart disappears.
    Another cure is to bathe the wart in water which lodges in the hollows of flat rocks in rainy weather. Headache is cured by tying a woollen thread around the head. The thread must be tied by a certain person who has the gift of curing headaches. Ringworm is cured by a "seventh son" by putting
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowntarriff, Co. Roscommon