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School: Wicklow (B.) (2)

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Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
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An Br. P. Ó Maolchalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 161

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    Warts
    1. The juice of the Dandelion.
    2. Get a piece of Elder and cut it into little round pieces and place a piece on each wart.
    3. Get the knot of a straw and rub it on the wart. Bury the straw and when it rots the wort will be gone.
    4. Rub the warts with half of a raw potato. Hde the potato and when it rots the warts will be gone.
    5. Get a piece of straw and tie it in a knot; spit on the knot; rub it on the wart and it will disappear.
    6. Rub water from a forge on them.
    A nettle sting can be cured by putting a dock leaf on it.
    Chilblains: rub an onion on them.
    Put pickle on them.
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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
    Andrew Devlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow