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School: Meelick (B.)

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Meelick, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0598, Page 101

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  1. Leigheasanna - Warts (continued)

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    in potato and turnip fields. It sends up a stem (6 or 7 inches) with crown on top. Break this stem and apply white juice to wart.
    The house-leek (tore (seems the Irish name)) that grows sometimes on eaves of thatched houses, or on borders near gable. Press out juice and apply.
    Cut a joint out of a corn straw- one for every wart - Tie them up in a little packet. If any person picks up packet, he will have the misfortune of taking the warts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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