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School: Ramelton (Mxd)

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Rathmelton, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Henry C. Hamilton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 196

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  1. Cures for Warts

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    Warts are excrescences which grow on the skin all over the body. Some of the cures for warts are a black snail, water in a strange rock and a potato. The black snail is rubbed on the wart for a few days, and it is then said that the wart will go away. it is also said that by washing warts with water which is got in a strange rock three times that it would cure the parts affected. Another old cure is to cut a potato into ten parts and then rub the potato on the warts and when the potato disappears the wart will have gone also.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mervyn Corry
    Gender
    Male