School: Baile Mór Síl Anmchadha (Laurencetown)
- Location:
- Laurencetown, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cogaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0113
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- (continued from previous page)Cures (contd)If a black snail after having been rubbed on a wart is hung on a thorn, it is a common belief round here that the wart will wither as the snail withers on the thorn.Goose fat is a cure for rheumatism. Some old people keep some in jam pots for use all the year round. Geese are always more plentiful at Christmas.If a hair is taken from a white horse's tail and tied around a wart it will cure it.The juice of the dandelion is another cure for warts.The best cure for sea-sickness is to eat a bit of a salted herring.(continues on next page)
