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School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

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Urbal, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 494

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  1. Cures for Removing Warts

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    1. Get a black snail and rub it to the warts. then hang the snail on a thorn to wither away.
    2. when you discover a stone with a hole containing water you must rub this water to the warts. leave a pin behind you in the hole.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Game (Fireside)

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    One boy would say the following lines:
    "Hy! my man! Would you carry my can?
    Would you blow the bellows?
    Would you fight the French?"
    Then all the boys would start to blow their breaths on each other as hard as they could ( to see who would keep it up the longest)
    Then, perhaps, some one would commence to throw spits, and that upset the game.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gearóid Ó Céileachair
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Francis Early
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Eden, Co. Leitrim