School: Ceann Breac (C.) (roll number 13452)

Location:
Canbrack, Co. Mayo
Teachers:
Mrs Ruane Mrs Ruane
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  1. Warts
    A fasting spit rubbed on a wart for consecutive mornings.
    A raw potato rubbed on a wart and the potato is buried and as it is the wart will be disappearing.
    A wart washed with water which is in a hollow stone will in the of time disappear.
    A piece of thread is tied round a wart in time it withers and falls off.
    A wart washed water in which soda has been dissolved disappears degrees.
    The milk of the dandelion rubbed on warts wears it away in the course of time.
    A piece of fat meat rubbed on a in the early morning when no one is looking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English