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School: Béal Átha na Sluagh (Buachaillí)

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Béal Átha na Sluaighe, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Liam P. Mac an Bháird
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    a gooseberry thorn and point it at the sty every day for nine days and if that does not do, get nine more gooseberry thorns and point them at it one after the other.
    The way to cure a boil is to get a snail and rub it on the and then stick the snail firmly on a gooseverry thorn. Do this for three days in succession but with a difference snail and thron every say, and in the end the boil will wither and go.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Frank Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sráid Dhún Leo, Co. na Gaillimhe