School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 141
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- If you come across a rock by chance, with water resting on it.
Rub the water to the wart, and the wart will disappear.
- Collector
- Oistín Ó Bhrádaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Another cure for warts is bless your-self and kiss the hob for nine mornings in succession and it will go away.
- Wet the middle finger with fasting spit and rub it on the warts for nine mornings and the warts will disappear.
