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School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)

Location:
Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 484

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    Told by her Aunt.
    If you walk around a little bush without thinking of a fox it is a cure for a toot-ache.
    If you got a snail and rub it on a wart it will die.
    The seventh son also cures warts and a lot of other diseases as well
    Collected by Nancy
    Keenan
    Brannoxtown
    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
    Nancy Keenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brannockstown, Co. Kildare