School: Baile na Cille, Roscrea (roll number 10350)
- Location:
- Ballynakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: F. Bergin
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- Wart: : Find a snail in a shell; Put the snail on the wart in the name of the Blessed Trinity, then stick a white-thorn through the snail, and according as the snail withers, so shall the wart.
Wart: : If you see water in a hole in a rock, sprinkle the water in the name of the Blessed Trinity on the wart and it shall be cured.
You must find the water accidentally
Cramp in the Leg: : Take off the boot and place the foot immediately, on a cement hearth.
For Black Leg prevention in cattle
Get the beasts tail, slit it with a sharp knife causing an incision of about 31/2 ins long, and 1/8 of an inch deep. Then insert(continues on next page)
