School: An Eaglais, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 1395)

Location:
Aglish, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Leinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 146

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 146

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  1. A cure for warts is to wash them in water that remains after rain in a hole.
    A cure for warts is to rub your fasting spit to them every morning for nine mornings.
    A cure for the mumps is to rub butter to a cabbage leaf and put it to them until the leaf comes off from itself.
    A cure for a burn is to lick a lizard three times, another cure for a burn is to wash it with the water the smith has for cooling irons.
    A cure for a toothache is to put a frog into your mouth and you will never again get a toothache.
    A cure for warts is to rub caster oil to them.
    A cure for consumption is to drink cabbage water.
    A remedy for a cut is to wash it with turpentine and it will not get blood-poison.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Dower
    Gender
    Male