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School: Killymard

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Killymard, Co. Donegal
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Máire Nic Críosta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 079

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 079

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  3. XML “To Cure Warts”
  4. XML “To Cure a Sore Ear”

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  1. To Cure Warts

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    Get a blade of grass with the knot in the middle of the blade at the year's growth, and roll the blade in brown paper and put it in your pocket. Loose it sometime you don't notice, and by the time the grass withers the wart will be gone.
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  2. To Cure a Sore Ear

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. earache (~35)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Reilly Ellis
    Address
    Rossylongan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Maud Ellis
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    24
    Address
    Rossylongan, Co. Donegal