School: Clonard (roll number 16067)
- Location:
- Clonard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)cold water leave it their for three days then take scum of it and mix it with sweet oil.
Cure of Warts: Count how many warts you have and tell the person that number of warts and tath person will give you a penny and when you the next day they will be gone.
Cure of whooping cough: Eat what the ferret leaves
- Cure of toothache: Get a lemon and put the juice of it to the tooth
Cure of sore throat: Get a lizard and lick his neck
Cure of warts: Go to a holy well and tie a strip of a cloth to a bush beside it when the cloth will(continues on next page) - Collector
- Betty Geraghty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Towlaght, Co. Meath
