School: Ceapach Chuinn (B.) (roll number 1936)

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   house is sick, boil the herbs and if they stand upright while boiling the person will be cured.

   (3) Get some straw from the Crib at Christmas and put it under the mattress of your bed and you will not get any sickness during the year.

   

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   (1) To cure warts rub a pebble to each wart and put the pebbles in a bag. Drop the bag at a cross-roads and whoever picks it up will get the warts. (2) Another old cure for warts is to fix two pieces of straw in the form of a cross. Then place the straws on the warts. Put the straw where they will rot and as they rot the warts will rot also. (3) The blood of a black-cat when rubbed to

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Conway

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mr William O' Donnell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupations

   Farmer

   Shopkeeper

   Address

   Cappoquin, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Susan Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   65

   Occupation

   Midwife

   Address

   Cappoquin, Co. Waterford