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School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 034

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    Annie Dunne
    37 Borris Road
    Portlaoighise
    Told to me by:
    Mrs Dunne
    37 Borris Road
    Portlaoighise
    Old Cures
    Long ago people had their own cures. (Long). The cure they used for healing a wart was: In the morning when the snails were out to go down the garden and pick up black snail and let it crawl across the wart and it would be cured.
    The old cure for a boil was to put soap and sugar on brown paper and put it on the boil.
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    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
    Annie Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois