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School: Tobar (C.)

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Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 138

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    People with warts are supposed to be cured if they rub a snail on them.
    The food a ferret leaves is said to cure the whooping cough.
    Celery is supposed to give relief to people with rhuematism.
    The seventh son has a cure for ringworm
    A person who has licked an allpucker cure a burn by licking it.
    It is said that if a person troubled with warts makes a little bag and for every wart he has puts a stone in the bag and throws the bag away he will be cured
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faheeran, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Faheeran, Co. Offaly