School: Kildraught (2)

Location:
Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
E. Ní Armhultaigh
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  1. 1. Fill a bag with stones (same number as warts). Go to a Cross Roads, swing bag three times round head and let go. Warts will vanish but whoever finds the bag will get them instead.
    2. The white juice of a dock removes warts
    3. Rub a snail on them
    4. Rub a dandelion juice on warts
    5. Rub over each morning with the milk out of a wart weed
    6. Rub washing soda on warts
    7. Rub caustic stick on them
    8. Get a raw potato and rub it on them.
    9. To get a black snail and rub it on the wart and pin it to the wall, when the snail is withering the wart is withering
    10. Forge water is good for warts.
    11. To tie horse hair round the wart
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 9. To get a black snail and rub it to the wart and pin it to the wall when the snail is withering the wart is withering Mrs Cochrane, heard in Cavan 20 yrs ago ).
    10. Forge water is good for warts.
    11. To tie horse hair round the wart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.