School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. A cure they old people had long ago for corns.
    Is to wash them with hot water with washing-soda and then to pare them with a knife or to go bare - footed in the bog.
    A cure for warts.
    Is to look for a black-snail & to rub it on the warts & then to stick the snail on a goose - berry thorn & according as the snail is melting the warts will be getting better. Another cure is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Anna Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo