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School: Muine an Mheadha

Location:
Monivea, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 062

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    If a person had a wart on their hand they should go out and keep going until they would come to a well of water on a rock and they say a rhyme. This is the rhyme they should say. "Water water on a rock, It is not for you I came here but to cure my wart".
    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
    Delia Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Monivea, Co. Galway