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School: Ceapach Chuinn (B.) (roll number 1936)

Location:
Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Laoghaire
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    house is sick, boil the herbs and if they stand upright while boiling the person will be cured.
    (3) Get some straw from the Crib at Christmas and put it under the mattress of your bed and you will not get any sickness during the year.
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    (1) To cure warts rub a pebble to each wart and put the pebbles in a bag. Drop the bag at a cross-roads and whoever picks it up will get the warts.
    (2) Another old cure for warts is to fix two pieces of straw in the form of a cross. Then place the straws on the warts. Put the straw where they will rot and as they rot the warts will rot also.
    (3) The blood of a black-cat when rubbed to
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr William O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupations
    Farmer
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Susan Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Midwife
    Address
    Cappoquin, Co. Waterford