School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 272

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  1. There are several cures in this locality for Warts. This is a very common cure, to put your fasting spittle on ten consecutive mornings or rub a snail on it and stick it up on a white - thorn tree and when the snail decays. For Biles a very old cure was to boil Dandeline roots and drink the substance obtained after boiling. There is a well in Kilgorey and if you drink some of the water and leave a ribbon on the tree and bless yourself you will get rid of your disease. If you had a sty on your eye and prick it three times with a gooseberry thorn it is supposed to cure it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardateggle, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Michael Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois