School: Derrylemoge, Mountmellick (roll number 15313)
- Location:
- Derrylemoge, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0824, Page 113
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- 1; To get the knot of a straw and make the sign of the cross on the wart three times and bury the straw and as the straw decays the wart will reduce and disappear altogether.
2; The water in which a black smith cools his shoes is considered a very good cure for warts.
3; There is a stone called "Saint Fintans" in Mountrath and if you had a wart rub the stone on your forehead and bless yourself and after three days the wart will be gone .(continues on next page)
