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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 321

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    bag would take the warts and they would leave the person that had them. Another cure was to get some one to count your warts. They were supposed to leave you then and go to the person that counted them. The white milky stuff in the stem of a dandelion was looked upon as another great cure. The people yet use a red hot iron for the purpose of ridding themselves of the warts and burn them off in that manner. Your fasting spit in the morning was also a great cure.
    Styes:-
    The old cure for styes was, get a thorn of a gooseberry bush and prick the sty with it. Another cure was to bathe the eye with the hot milk
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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
    Mary D' Arcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr J. Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Tipperary