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School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

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Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
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Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 406

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    the hole such as a pin, a button etc and a promise is made.
    Another cure for warts is to put a fasting spittle on them for nine mornings one after the other.
    Another cure is to rub a black snail to the warts making the sign of the cross. Then hang the snail on a whitethorn bush, pushing it well in on a thorn and as the snail is withering the warts are withering also.
    (Francie Browne from his grandmother, Mrs. Susan Rynn, Aughrim, Ballinaglera.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francie Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Susan Rynn
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Leitrim