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School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)

Location:
Meenbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Coluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 438

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Duffy
    Gender
    Male

  2. Cures

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    1. Rub the skin of a hen's gizzard on the warts, hide it, and by the time it is rotted the warts will vanish.
    2. Smear the warts with a fasting spittle.
    3. The water found inside the knot of a straw with some salt rubbed on warts and buried in the manure-heap is also a cure for warts.
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