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School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

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Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
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An Bráthair Naiti
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 109

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  1. Cure for Warts

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    When you go into a butchers shop steal a little bit of meat and make sure there is nobody about. Bury this bit of meat and as the meat rots away the wart withers away.
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  2. Cure for the Mumps

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. mumps (~70)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Croal
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Miss Tracy
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    20