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School: St. Brigid's, Newbliss (roll number 4192)

Location:
Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
John Cunningham
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 171

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    Local Cures
    Warts: Cut a potato in seven pieces and with each rub the wart three times.
    Then hang the pieces up and as they wither so the warts die.
    Whooping Cough: A present from a married couple of the same name before marriage was believed to cure.
    5th July 1938
    Margaret McDermott
    Corglass
    Swanns Cross
    Ballybay
    Obtained from:
    Mrs McDermott
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corglass, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Female