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School: Culmullen (roll number 1904)

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Culmullin, Co. Meath
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M. Mc Carthy
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    For warts.
    1. If a person gets warts he gets a straw and puts three knots on it in the names of the Three persons, then the person buries the straw and when it rots the warts rot too.
    2. If a person rubs blue-stone on the warts every night, the blue-stone will cut them off.
    A sore throat.
    1. If a person has a sore throat he gets a woollen stocking and fills it with wasted salt, and then he ties it around his neck.
    For rheumatism.
    1. The stings of the hive bee will cure rheumatism.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Englishby
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Drumree, Co. Meath