School: Boher, Bushfield. Nenagh (roll number 9190)
- Location:
- Boher, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Margaret A. Malone
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- (continued from previous page)stone also cured warts.
(f) Cut a hole in a turnip and fill it with salt. Bathe the warts in the dissolved salt once a day.
(g) Count the warts and get an alder stick for each one and bury the sticks. According as the sticks are rotting the warts are disappearing.
(h) Rub the joint of a straw to the warts twice in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. Bury the straw and according as the straw rots, the warts disappear. Swellings
(a) A poultice made from the yellow clay found in a river.
(b) A poultice of cowdung was applied. When the poultice was taken off it was white as snow.
(c) A poultice of a boiled turnip was also used. This was also used for boils and whitlows.(continues on next page)
