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School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

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Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 01_024

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    The old people have many superstitions. The say
    1. that if you have a sty in your you will be cured if you look through a gold ring.
    2. If you have a wart, you will be cured, if while walking through a rock you happen to find a black slug, and rub it to the wart.
    3. If you get burned with a nettle, and if you rub a dock-leaf to it, it will be all right.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ciaran Ó' Beirn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mike Shiel
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Castletaylor South, Co. Galway