School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)
- Location:
- Loughteeog, Co. Laois
- Teachers: Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
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- (continued from previous page)Pains or Rheumatism
1 Put frog spawn in a jam jar or similar pot. Bury this in clay for nine days; it will turn into "oil". Rub the affected part with this "oil".
2 Beat the affected part with nettles until you raise blisters.
3 Get stung by bees.Sprain 1 Beat a sprain with nettle for cure.
2 Apply cow - dung to the affected part
3 Get "straining threads" from certain
personWarts
1. Bud of elder-bush - rub on warts once every morning 9 days or 3 times for 3 mornings
In the name + F - S -HG.
Warts
- 2 Rub with elder leaves, bury leaves and wart will decay.
3 Rub with "black snail" & put on thorn.
When snail dies wart dies.
Warts
4 Put juice from flower - stalk of dandelion on wart.
5 Put juice from spurge on wart.
6 Cross corn-stalks bearing nodes over wart saying "In the name of the Father etc."
7 Rub a snail (the exposed part of snail's body) on the wart. Stick snail & shell on a thorn and as snail dies the work dies.
8. Pick small pebbles one for each wart, rub on put in a little bag, tie up and cast on the road unknown to anyone. Whoever picks up the bag gets the warts.
9 Rub on common washing soda
10 Scoop Aberdeen? turnip, fill with salt, replace top, leave overnight, apply juice 9 mornings(continues on next page)
