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School: Empor (roll number 941)

Location:
Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 004

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    The following cures for ailments or sickness are very common in this locality. I have heard of these cures from a man named Patrick Farrell, Empor, Ballynacargy:
    Cures for warts
    1. To rub a snail to the wart and then hang the snail on a hawthorn bush and when the snail withers, the wart will wither also.
    2. To count the number of warts you have and put as many stones as warts in a bag and throw away the bag and whoever lifts the bag shall take the warts.
    3. To burn an elder stick and to make a cross of it on the wart and throw away the stick across your
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath