School: Kilmurry

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 205

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  1. 5. When one would be getting up in the morning they could rub their spit on the warts while fasting so as to cure them.
    6. Another way to cure a wart is to go to a wart stone and to rub the wart with the holy water that is in the hole in the stone. You must go three times to be cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 7.To make the sign of the cross with straw upon the wart it will cure them it.
    8.If you put your hand in the water that the blacksmith cools his irons in it will cure warts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.