School: Whiterock (roll number 13820)
- Location:
- Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: J. Faulkner
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0194, Page 087
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- 1. A black snail rubbed on a wart cures it.
2. If you accidentally find water in a hollow in a stone. Rub the water to the wart nine times + the wart will disappear.
3. Bleed a wart + rub a potato to it. Make a parcel of the potato + leave it on the road. The first person who lifts the parcel will get the warts and you will lose them.
4. A cure for rheumatism is to carry a potato in your pocket.
5. Tea made from garlic is a cure for asthma.
6. Brink paraffin oil is a cure asthma.
7. Nettle tea is a cure for measles
8. A cure for Whooping Cough is to go in and out under a young ass three times.
9. Take a fish out of the water and let three drops of water fall out of the fishes mouth into the child's mouth is another cure for Whooping Cough.(continues on next page)
