School: Monreagh (roll number 7143)

Location:
Monreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. J. James
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    The person who finds it gets the warts also.
    Cut a potato in two pieces rub them on the warts when a funeral is passing throw the pieces after it saying
    "As you are going away Never to come back. Here are the warts to take with you"
    Get a black snail rub the warts with it then tie it to a thorn bush with a white cloth.
    Rub the warts with water from tank in a forget. Do this for nine days.
    Cut a potato in two rub warts with them then bury one of the pieces.
    Rub warts with blood of newly killed pig.
    For strys, take seven thorns from a gooseberry bush select one and push it into the stye seven times.
    The disease knows as "The Rose" can be cured by the seventh son of a seventh son.
    It seems that when a person of this description is born the nurse puts something into his hand a piece of bread a piece of butter or something similar.
    When a person takes "The Rose" he or she sends a piece of butter or bread to the
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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
    Gladys James
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Monreagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs B. Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cross, Co. Donegal