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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 094

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    Worms.
    People had words written on a badge and if a child had worms they put the badge around its neck and if the child wore this badge for nine day the worms would go.
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    Warts.
    1. To get a snail and rub it of the wart and then hang it up and as the snail is rotting the wart is going.
    2. To get a match and lit the face of it on the wart before it lights. Then the wart can be taken out
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Welby
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Annaghmore East, Co. Galway