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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 032

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    Cure for warts.
    Rub a potato to them and throw it on a white-thorn bush and when the potato is withering the warts will be going away. When walking along the road and you happen to see a stone with a hole in it and a little drop of water in it, apply some of this water on the warts and it is said they will go away.
    Cure for Sty.
    Get nine gooseberry thorns and point them towards the sty throwing one away each morning for nine mornings and at the end of the ninth morning the sty will be gone.
    Cure for whooping cough.
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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
    Brigid Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Philip Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Cavan