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School: Athea (roll number 15686)

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Athea, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs M. Danaher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 075

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    Warts-:
    1. Place a piece of bacon under a manure heap and leave it there for nine days but tell nobody about it and after the nine days it is supposed that the warts will be gone.
    2. It is also said that if a person got the scum off the top of potatoes when boiling and to make the sign of the cross with it on each of his warts that after a little time they would go away.
    Toothache-:
    1. It is said that if the person who has the toothache get a frog and put it into his mouth and crack it three times then the toothache would go.
    Swollen Glands-:
    1. if a person boils camomile flowers
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín De Stach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athea Upper, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athea Upper, Co. Limerick