School: Garryhill
- Location:
- Garryhill, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 310
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- Cure for nettle sting: Rub the affected parts with a dock leaf.Cure for a sty in the eye: Rub the sty with a gold wedding ring and say, "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. amen."Cure for jaundice: Boil a worm in milk for mine mornings. Then strain off the milk and drink it.Cure for warts: Whatever number of warts you have, put the same amount of stones in a bag of stones on the first cross-roads you come to.Another cure for warts: Put the same number of stones in a bag as you have warts + whoever rattles it will get the warts.
