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School: St. Brendan's, Birr

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Br O' Boyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 107

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  1. Local Cures - Warts

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    Local Cures
    Warts
    Bury a piece of fat in the ground and when the fat rots the wart will rot.
    Get a piece of chicken weed and rub on the wart every morning for nine mornings.
    John O Brien, 6 Eden Road, Birr, Offaly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Local Cures - Headache

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    Headache
    Get some vinegar and drop it on the place where you have the pain and the ache will go.
    Get a piece of cloth and steep it in whiskey and rub it on the head.
    (continues on next page)
    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. headache (~58)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly