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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
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Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 183

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    The cure for warts is the froth that comes from a pot of potatoes boiling on the fire. Another cure for warts is if you are walking through a field and you see a little hole of water in a rock and you put in your finger on which the wart is you will be cured.
    The cure for the ring-worm is the ashes of tabacco.
    If you have the toothache the cure for t is to rub salt or ginger on your gums.
    The cure for a boil is to head a ivy leaf and put it to the boil.
    If it rains on good friday and you collect some of the water, every time you get sick and you take a cup of it you will be cured.
    If you put a fasting spittle on any sore you will be cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Brigid Harkin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clehagh, Co. Donegal