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School: Clochar Bhríde, Tullow

Location:
Tullow, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Dhubháin
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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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    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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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs M. O' Leary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Tullow, Co. Carlow