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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 02_015

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    And for warts they used to put their fasting spit on them every morning before their breakfast. They has another remedy also for warts. They used get a bit of straw with a knot on it and used to bless the warts three times with the straw, then put that piece of straw in some class of a pond that would never dry up, and leave it there until it would wither. The warts were supposed
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary