School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)
- Location:
- Ráth Domhnaigh, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: The Sisters
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- 1. milk of the grounsel is the best known cure for warts.
2.a fasting pit for nine mornings is also a cure.
3.castor oil applied daily to warts is followed by a cure.
4.a snail put on a blackthorn bush and left there until it bleeds. the blood then rubbed on the wart cures it.
5.Chicken weed which is got in the field, when applied to warts cures them instantly.
6.It is said that by burying a piece of fat bacon in a garden, and if the meat decays, the warts will disappear
7.A cure also follows when a person washes their hands three times on three different occasions in the water left on a hollow stone after the rain.
- If swellings are stuped with Marsh Mallow this herb keeps sown inflamation.
