School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

Location:
Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 006

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 006

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  3. XML “Local Cures - Warts”
  4. XML “Local Cures - The Wart Well”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Millie Smyth
    Gender
    Female
  2. We went to see the wart well today. It is about a furlong from the school, in Gaynor's field on the side of Frewin Hill. The water is about a foot deep in a small hole on a fairly high ditch. The tree seems very old as it is crumbling and was cut down at some time as only the stump remains.
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