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School: St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh

Location:
Béal Átha Seanaidh, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
An Br. S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 072

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  1. A Cure

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    Long ago people had the following way of curing warts. They would get a snail (black) and rub it on the warts for three days. Then they would stick the snail on a thorn of a white-thorn bush and when the snail rotted the warts rotted.
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  2. A Belief

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    The old people used to think that the first person of the district to have a nettle in the well on the first of May would have good luck all the year round. Now the people of Ireland call this an old superstition but plenty of old people do it yet.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    2. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynacarrick, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynacarrick, Co. Dhún na nGall