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School: Ballymore-Eustace (B.) (roll number 1417)

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Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Jas. Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 490

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  1. Folk Cures and Charms

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    Warts: Rub Easter Sunday Holy Water on the wart for nine consecutive Fridays and the wart will disappear.
    Warts: For each wart get a pebble. Rub a pebble on each wart. Put the pebbles in a bag and leave the bag of pebbles on the road. The person who picks up the bag will get the warts, while the first person will be cured.
    Warts: Rub a piece of fat bacon on the warts. Put the piece of bacon in a parcel and leave it on the road. The first person to handle the bacon will take the warts and the original is cured.
    Anthony's Fire: The blood of persons bearing the name Keogh is supposed to cure this complaint. Only male members can cure.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English