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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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    long distance to Kilduff's forge in Larganboy to be cured of their toothache. There is a thorrn bush growing near the forge and the trunk is bristling with nails driven into it long ago by people who had been suffering from toothache and had come to the forge to be cured.
    Warts. Rub a snail on the wart and stick him on a thorn bush. Wash the wart in a smith's trough. Wash the wart in a mearing[?] stream. If you are going along a road and find water on a hollow stone in a stone wall, wash the wart in this water and it will
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anne Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo