School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)

Location:
Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Croidhean
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  1. 22/11/38
    If a person has a wart and if he rubs a snail on the wart and sticks the snail on a thorn when the snail is withered the wart will be gone.
    If a person has a wart and if he washes it with water from a stone and not to be searching for it, it is said it will cure it.
    If a person has the ring worm and if he goes to a house in which there are seven sons without a daughter in between and if the seventh son makes the sign of the cross over it, it will go.
    Told by:
    John Staunton, Stonehall, Foxford
    Age: 40 yrs
    Occupation: Farmer
    Where born: Stonehall
    Where he spent his life: At home.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Kirby
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stonehall, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Staunton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Stonehall, Co. Mayo