School: Mainistir Phádraig Naofa (roll number 1016)
- Location:
- Market Street, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An Br Anselm
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0084, Page 185
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- Sore foot: Goose grace put on with a dog leave and to be shifted once a week for a month.
Sore head: Gather some ivy leaves and make a cap of them. Place the cap on your head and remove after a week.
Warts (1): Make a bag like a purse and put a pebble in the bag for every wart you have. The next person to catch that bag will take the warts.
Warts (2): Take about two ounces of fresh bacon and burry it underground. When it is purty near rotten take it and as you do the warts.
Sick pig: Take a lighted candle and put it up in his mouth until you get tired. Then(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Middle Street, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Mack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buttermilk Lane, Co. Galway
