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School: Áth Liag (roll number 15308)

Location:
Athleague, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 144

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    Warts:- (1) A cure for warts is if you can get water in a stone rub it on the wart every day for three days and they will fade away
    (2) If you are out in the field in the morning and you get a black snail without looking for him rub him on each of the warts and then hang it [?] a whitethorn. When he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Mac na Mara
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athleague, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Mac na Mara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athleague, Co. Roscommon