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School: Síolach (roll number 12266)

Location:
Sheelagh, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Gnímh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0664, Page 088

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  1. Local Superstitions - Cures

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    Cure of a wart. If you were going the road and found a snail without looking for it, you should put it on the wart with a cloth over it for a day. When the snail is taken off, the wart will go too.
    Cure of Whitlow. If you had a black cat without any white vain in it, put your finger into his ear and the whitlow will disappear.
    Cure of Wart. Get a black snail and rub him three time on the wart and hang the snail on a bush and when the snail withers away, the wart will wither too.
    Cure of Wildfire. Rub your hand to the ground nine times and
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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
    Informant
    Mrs Kane
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Chapel Street, Co. Louth