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School: Ceis Carraigín (roll number 13849)

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Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Mag Fhionnáin
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    A cure for warts
    An old woman named
    Mrs Parkes living in the town land of Roscarbon told me an old cure for warts. she told me it is made on Mondays and Saturdays.
    The cure is made be putting your hand against a stream as if you were lifting water. this is done each time in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost, and after this is said "Be going you scabby company and do not come to mass with me next Sunday." after the cure is made twice the warts begin to rot away.
    James, Thomas, 120herty
    letter fine Keshcarrigan, 12/1/1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Thomas Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letterfine, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Parkes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roscarban, Co. Leitrim