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School: Béal Cláir (B)

Location:
Belclare, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Cristíne Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0396

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    Thorn: A foxes tongue is a cure for taking out a thorn.
    Toothache: Go to a blacksmith and ask him to make a nail for you in the honour of God.
    Drive the nail into a tree that no branch has ever broken off and you will never get toothache again.
    Warts: Pull a rib out of a grey horse and leave it across the warts.
    Take a piece of meat and bury it in the earth and as the meat is getting rotten, the warts will be getting rotten too.
    If you meet a stone which holds water, spill the water on the warts and say "It isin't looking for you i came but to take these warts away."
    Boils: In a house where there would be seven sons the seventh son can cure boils by rubbing his hand three
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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
    Máire Bean Uí Cheadaigh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female