School: Cluain Leith Áird (roll number 12530)
- Location:
- Glenbaun, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máirtín de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 072
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The Cure Of The Worm-Boil.
There is a man living in Knockfinisk, named Scanlan, who often practises, charm-cures, and advised others to use his cures. He got his "cures" from the old people of Knocknagortna near Athea. Where he lived before his marriage.A young man named Fitzgerald, one day showed him a little "sore" in his neck. Scanlan said it was a worm-boil, and that it could be easily cured, if his directions were follewed. He told Fitzgerald to be the first up every morning for three successive mornings, and the last to leave the hearth for three nights. As he sat by the fire when all had gone to bed, he should stick the tongs in the fire and say the following words:-"The venom of the fire in the tongs.
And the venom of the tongs in the boil". That would banish the boil. I did not hear if Fitzgerald carried out the "cure".
