School: Harold (B.), Dalkey
- Location:
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoláin
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(1) There are many cures in Dalkey. Go to a Black-smith's trough and get the water in which he cools the red hot iron and put it on a wart for a few days and it will cure it I tried this cure myself and it succeeded
(2) There is another cure for a wart. Steal a piece of meat and let nobody know and then rub the meat on a wart and put the meat in whole where a dog or a cat would not get it. Then while the meat would wither in the ground the wart would wither.
(3) Here is a cure for a sty on your eye. Put your fasting spit on a sty for three mornings and it will go away. You must out the spot on with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr John Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Saint Patrick's Square, Co. Dublin
