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School: Cluain Fhiadh (B.), Carraig na Siúire (roll number 1857)

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Clonea, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Liam Ó Heireamhóin
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    leaves of the ash tree and put them to the spot where the pain was and after a time it would go away.
    If a person had chilblains he would get a turnip and cut a hole in it. Then he would fill the hole with water and put a pinch of salt in it and leave it steep for a night. The next morning he would rub it to the [?] chilblains and they would be cured. A good cure for warts was hang a nail on a bush for four days, then take it off and rub it to the wart and after a time they would heal.
    Another cure was to rub the milk of the dandelion to them.
    A third one was to count all your warts and put a stone in a bag for every wart and leave it at a cross of four roads. If anybody pick
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Cullinan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Bishopstown, Co. Waterford