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Crosshaven, Co. Cork
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An tSr. Caitríona
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  1. Cures - A Cure for Warts

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    The old people long ago, believed that warts could be cured by counting the number of warts, and at the same time rubbing a different stone to each wart and then and then placing the stones in a bag, and taking it to four cross roads and dropping it there.
    It was said that if anyone picked up the bag, may be thinking it was a parcel somebody had dropped; they were then afflicted with the warts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Betty Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Curraghbinny, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs M. Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghbinny, Co. Cork