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School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)

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Robertstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 176

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  1. Cure for Warts

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    1. Look for an ash tree with a hole full of water. Wash your hands in the water, and the warts disappear.
    2. Get up early in the morning and get a black snail, and rub him on the warts. Stick him on to a thorny Bush and leave him there. When the snail dies the warts will disappear.
    Cure for a thorn in your finger
    If you get a thorn in your finger, take it out with a needle. Chew the top of , and point it together sore finger . Trow it lover your left hand, and this will prevent your finger, from festering.
    Michael Lambert,
    .Robertson. N.S.
    Naas,
    Co Kildare.
    Aged 12 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lambe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12