School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 155
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- An old cure for a wart is to go into a forge and take the water out of the trough without the blacksmith saying anything to you. Another cure for a wart is to find a snail without looking for it. Then rub the snail to the wart and then put it on a thorn. In a few days the wart will disappear.
- The wild birds found in my district are, the thrush, the crow, the lark, the robin, the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Lenihan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
