Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

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1. Leigheasanna

   

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   Sty on eye. Rub with wedding ring or point
   gooseberry torn three times at "In the name of
   the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Ghost.

   Warts: wash in smelly trough or in stagnant water found in holes in stones OR, rub a pebble
   to each wart & place the pebbles in a bag or casadóir & drop on the road. The finder will
   take your warts.

   To banish Fleas. Scatter leaves of wild spearmint on bed, in bed & on floor, or get three stalks of the fox-glove "of equal length"
   & place under the bed. All the fleas will congregate in the flowers by morning. "You
   'll catch millions sucking the honey".

   Cobblers' wax used to draw a boil, or matter
   from a small festering sore.

   Cancer on lip cured by application of goose egg & ortha na h-aillse

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script