School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- XML “Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for a Wart”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Mix lamp oil and mustard and rub it on the affected part and it will cure it.
- At the old parish church of Clonguish at Castleforbes there is a stone with a hollow in it and if you rub a pin on each wart and if you drop the pin into the water in the hollow your warts will be cured.
- Get a docken leaf and rub it to the affected part and it will fade away in a few minutes.
