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School: Kinsealy (C.)

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Kinsaley, Co. Dublin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 235

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    Local Cures.
    Warts.
    Take a snail in a box, rub it on the wart. Place the snail on a thorn. As the snail withers, the wart disappears.
    Put a stone in a bag for every wart you have. Leave the bag on the road. Whoever takes up the bag will get the warts.
    Steal a potato, cut it in nine parts, bury it. As the potato rots, the warts will disappear.
    Cut the wart with a horse hair.
    Wartweed is also a cure.
    Rub the milk.
    Whooping cough.
    Take a large Spanish onion. Cut it in thin slices, with a pound of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Feidhlimín Ní Cobhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Kinsaley, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Caitlín Ní Chobhthaigh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Address
    Kinsaley, Co. Dublin