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School: Naomh Angela, Caisleán an Bharraigh (roll number 14410)

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Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Muireadhaigh
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Brigid Ní Máirtín
    Gender
    Female

  2. Leighiseanna

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    Corns = Steal a piece of bacon and bury it when the bacon is rotten the corn will fall off.
    Warts = Go to a blacksmith and put your hand into the water in which the blacksmith cools his iron. After a week the warts will fall off.
    A bad heart = Pick some large dandelions, and take the stalks off them, Boil them in water for an hour. Then add some salt and drink it and it will cure a person with a bad heart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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