School: Kilbride (roll number 4723)

Location:
Priest Town, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Uná, Bean Uí Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 091

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 091

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  1. About a year ago my hands were covered with warts. Mother got some-thing from the chemist in Dublin but it was no use.
    At last I got a cure. Every morning I rubbed a snail on them and then put the snail on a thorn bush and when the snail died. the warts disappeared I never had any since. A companion of mine Una Corcoran cured warts in the same way.
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  2. Once upon a time my brother had ringworm around his neck and he got a cure from a woman named Mrs Cunningham. the way she made it was she got straw and burned it and then got the burned stuff and mixed
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna Bean Uí Thuathaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Principal
    Address
    Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin