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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 165

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    Local Cures.
    There are (is) many cures for warts and some of them are to get a snail and rub it on the wart and then tie the snail on a briar bush and as the snail withers and dies the wart will wither and fall off.
    There is another which is a very good one and it is to get a lump of washingsoda and rub it on the wart and then the washingsoda will dry up the wart and after some time the wart will fall out.
    There is a cure for a stye and it is to get seven gooseberry thorns and point six of them at the stye and then throw the seventh away.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balleeghan, Co. Donegal