School: St. Vincent de Paul, Drogheda (roll number 851)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. Magdalen
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  1. Long ago the people of Ireland had many old cures. One of them is a cure for warts. Get a rush and bless it with holy water. Make the sign of the cross on the wart with the rush. Bury the rush in an old dung-hill and do not disturb it. According as the rush withers the wart withers.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thomas Street, Co. Louth