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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

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Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
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Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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    Old Cures and Remedies
    Warts
    To cure a wart got a piece of fat off a rasher and rubbed it on the wart. Then when this was donethey buried the fat. It was said that according as the bacon decayed the wart would disappear.
    May Mc Evilly, Ard na Greine
    Informant: James McEvilly
    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
    May Mc Evilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr James Mc Evilly
    Gender
    Male