School: An Clochar, Dún an Ochta

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Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr. Kostka
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  1. Local Cures
    Warts
    The juice got from the stem of the dandelion is supposed to cure warts. This juice is applied to the wart or warts three times using the invocation, In the name of the Father, etc.
    Kathleen Kenny, Redmount
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynamuddagh, Co. Galway
  2. Take a piece of bacon and bury it in the ground. As the bacon decays or rots the warts disappear. This bacon must be taken and buried unknown to anyone except the person who is seeking the cure.
    Mary McCormack, Eyrecourt.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. Tonsils
    Stitch the scallions of onions together and tie around the neck. Leave on until withered. One application generally cures the worst form of tonsillitis.
    Olive Reynolds, Feamore.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.