School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)
- Location:
- Cormeen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 256
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- If you get a snail and rub him to your warts every morning for nine mornings in succession, and every morning say an "Our Father" a "Hail Mary" and a glory. When the nine mornings are up hang the snail on a white thorn bush, and as he will be withering away the warts will be withering. Another cure for a wart is to get a clover that grows along the road, and a stream, and rub the same bit to it every morning for ten mornings.
There is a small pool of water situated at Moynalty, Mullagh, Kells, Co. Meath, and if you went to it when the sun is sinking, and throw a needle in it, if you had chicken pock you'd be cured of it before the next evening.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ted Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newcastle, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newcastle, Co. Meath
