School: Druim (2) (roll number 11108)
- Location:
- Drum, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Francis Coleman
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- (continued from previous page)(2). Get two or three rushes, and roll them in a ball. Then rub the ball on the warts saying,
"In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost," three times.
When this is done roll the ball of rushes in paper, and leave them lying on the road.
Whoever lifts the rushes will get the warts, which will leave the person afflicted.(3) Secretly rub the warts with boiled potato skins saying, "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Then bury the skins.(4) Nip the stem of a milk - plant and let the "milk" or juice drop on to the warts.(continues on next page)
