School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)
- Location:
- Carnaross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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- For warts.
There is a well in Clonsilla and people go to visit it to cure warts and there is a Giants foot going in to it. If you were going along the road and you chanced to see a stone and a hole of water in it. Rub the water on the warts and it will cure them.
Get a snail and rub it on the warts. Afterwards hang the snail on a thorn and according as the snail is withering the warts will be getting better. The forge water will also cure them.The rose.
A little hole of water that is known for years to have the cure of the rose. There is a bottle of water at it. When it is a man that is suffering a girl should lift it up. If it is a girl(continues on next page)
