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School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

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Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 378

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    a bit of fat in and bury in manure and when it is rotten the warts will go away.
    To wash the wart for nine mornings consecutive in a naturally lodged watering a hollowed stone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    A cure for a cage bird that is suffering from Red-mite is take the perch out of the cage and soak it in parafin oil for about ten minutes. Then take it out and put it in the cage. Then get a white cloth and put it around the cage. Then the fumes of the oil will hunt the mite out of the bird
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. Holyoake
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    M. Holyoake
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry