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School: Clochar Bhríde, Tullow

Location:
Tullow, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Dhubháin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 077

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Local Cures (continued)

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III Warts 1. Cut a dandelion in two & apply the white liquid until the warts wears away.
2. Place a stone (one stone for every wart) in a box and leave at a cross roads. Whoever picks up the box gets the warts.
3. Rub a black snail to the wart, then hang the snail on a gooseberry bush. When the snail decays the wart disappears.

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Local Cures

IV Boils. 1 Get soap & roll out as thinly as possible. Mix with brown sugar. Put on brown paper & apply to the boil.
2. Place the mouth of a very narrow bottle on the boil & watch it until it disappears.

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Collector
P. Flynn
Gender
female
Informant
Mrs M. O' Leary
Gender
female
Age
76
Address
Tullow, Co. Carlow
Language
English