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    Warts
    (1) Get a black-snail and let it creep on the warts. Then get a match and light it and set fire to the snail, and as fast as the snail dies the warts decay away.
    (2) Carry a small piece of washing-soda around in your pocket for nine mornings making the sign of the cross on the warts each morning.
    Cuts
    (1) To stop bleeding apply a cobweb to a cut.
    (2) Put candle ashes on the cut. Then put candle-grease on the
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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
    Kitty Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Patrick Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Noggusboy, Co. Offaly