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   hands in this water and the warts will soon disappear.

   (c) The old people said if anybody suffered from warts and if he got a snail and rubbed it on the warts and to put it on a bush, as it would climb the bush the warts would go away.

   (d) If you would put a little bit of clay in a handkerchief and threw it after the first funeral that would pass your house the warts would go away.

   "Elfshot" :- "Elfshot" is a disease that cows take. When a cow has "Elfshot" her throat is swollen. This disease is supposed to be wrough by the fairies. The cure for this disease is to get the rust of seven irons, and to cut some hair of the cow's tail. The rust, and the hair are to be put into a bucket. Then the mixture is lit, and it is put under the cow's nose. The smoke of the mixture goes up into the cow's

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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