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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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    A cure for warts is to wash them in the water in the hollow of a rock. But you must not be looking for the water.
    Another cure for warts is to rub a black snail along the warts and to stick the snail in a gooseberry thorn. When the snail is weathered the warts will go.
    Donkey's milk is a cure for the whoop
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Joseph O' Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortbaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortbaun, Co. Mayo