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School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr Augustine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 151

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    Cures
    January 1938.
    To cure warts you first get a snail, rub it on the wart and then stick the snail on a thorn: when the snail rots, the wart will wither and fall off. Another cure for warts is:- tie a piece of silk thread around the wart around the wart and after a while it will fall off.
    To cure whooping cough you first get a worm and then carry it in a bag around the neck. To cure a sore melt some butter and rub it on the sore. To cure rheumatism tie two potatoes in two bags and tie the bags around the waist; after a while the rheumatism will go.
    Ina O'Connor.
    I got this information from Mrs O'Connor
    Baldoyle.
    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
    Ina O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baldoyle, Co. Dublin