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School: Killoughternane, Borris

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Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 179

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    “Farcy in horses”
    Local cures called “handlers” performs some kind of ceremony and usually say some secrete prayer and the horse is cured.
    “Wart Cures” (1)
    Count no. of worts on your body put a small stone for each in a bag and throw he bag on the road. The first person to open the bag and examine the stones take the worts and the suffer is cured.
    Wort Cure (2)
    If you happen on a stone with a small amount of water resting in a hollow on its top. Dip the worts in this water and they are cured.
    Wort Cure (3)
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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
    Peter Minchin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolnacuppoge, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Gender
    Male