1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Newtown National School

School: Newtown National School (roll number 9549)

Location:
Newtown (Guest), Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
(name not given)
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0533C, Page 03_008

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0533C, Page 03_008

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Newtown National School
  2. XML Page 03_008
  3. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    tell nobody where it is, by the time the straw has rotted the wart will have disappeared.
    Another cure for warts is, to mix salt and buttermilk, and leave the mixture to stand for eighteen days then apply to the warts, until they disappear.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Wesley Armitage
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Tierney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Behamore (Smith), Co. Tipperary