School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. A cure the old people had long ago for corns
    Its to wash them with washing soda & then to pare them with a knife or to go bare-footed in the bog
    A cure for warts
    If you were going along a field & if you saw a pool of water on a rock & if you rub the water on the wart it would cure it
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo