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School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

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Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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    Get a pinkeen and make the sign of the cross with it over a wart.
    This is a cure for a wart.
    Rub holy water on a wart and say disperse.
    That is another cure for a wart.
    My father told me them cures.
    Rub holy water on a wart three Fridays in succession.
    Another cure for a wart.
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    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
    Peter Cooley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullacash North, Co. Kildare