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School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16739)

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Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
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An Br. M.N. Mac Oireachtaigh
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    (vi) Another cure for a wart is to get a straw and rub it on the wart nine times the sign of the Cross. Then bury the straw and when the straw decays the wart also decays.
    Written by S. Mac Eanraic
    Received from : Mrs. Hendrick
    Address : 17 Duffry St.
    Age : 70.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    S. Mac Éanraic
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Hendrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

  2. Cures - Warts

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    (vii) Another cure for warts is to get a bag of stones and make the sign of the cross over each wart with a stone. Then put the stones in a bag and throw it away. Whoever gets the bag gets the warts himself.
    Wtitten by M. O Connollaidhe
    Received from : Thomas Connolly
    Address : Drumgoold
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    (viii) For warts a cure is to rub them for nine mornings with washing soda.
    viiii Another cure for a wart is a drop of ink placed on the wart each night for nine nights and the wart withers away.
    Written by Felix Murphy
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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