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School: Howth (C.)

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    Warts.
    Get nine matches, use one every morning for nine mornings by wetting the sulphur with the spittle and rubbing it on the wart, saying "In the Father and of the Son etc."
    Consumption.
    People with Consumption should get an egg and separate the white from the yolk. Beat up the white and give it to them to drink.
    Whooping Cough.
    Put the child under a donkey three times, give the donkey a piece of bread to eat and gather the crumbs he lets fall put in some milk and give to the child to drink.
    When a person's nose begins to bleed put a cold key down their back.
    Mrs Hanaway
    "Haggard"
    Howth.
    Vera Quirk
    36, Main St
    Howth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Quirke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Howth, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Hanaway
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Howth, Co. Dublin