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   for three nights in succession it is a sure cure for the toothache.
   (c) If you find a stone boiled with potatoes and put it into your mouth three times this is a cure for the toothache.

   Warts-(a) The old people thought if a person stole a little piece of bacon and rubbed it to the warts and then bury the bacon. The old people thought when the bacon decayed that the warts decayed also. It was thought that this was a cure for warts.
   (a) The old people said if a person stole a little piece of bacon and rubbed it to the warts, and then buried the bacon that when when the bacon decayed the warts decayed also.
   (b) If you should get water in a rock without looking for it , it is a cure for warts, Wash the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ciaran Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   10

   Address

   Frosses, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   Patsy Diver

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   12

   Address

   Drumduff, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen Breslin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballybrollaghan, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen Mohan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballybrollaghan, Co. Donegal