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    toothache.
    7. If you have a wart go out while the new [moon?] is shining and rub mud on it and it will be cured.
    8. A wart can also be cured by putting a snail on it.
    9. If you have a wart get a bag of stones and hang them on a tree by the roadside. The wart will leave you and attach itself to the first person who comes along.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Stás Ní Mhórdha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathpatrick, Co. Kilkenny