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   after the funeral. As the corpse wastes away the warts die away.

   A cure for indigestion was to eat a dandelion leaf or a leaf of bogbine.

   A cure for the toothache was to roast figs and put them on the sore jaw.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   Years ago people had different ways of curing their different ailments. For the toothache they rubbed their gums with baking-soda or pepper. Another remedy was to heat salt and put it into a stocking and hold it to the part of the face where the toothache was. There are different cures for warts. Every morning for nine mornings to rub the warts with a fasting spittal or strong washing soda water. Another cure for warts is to get a snail and rub it on the warts then bury the snail. When the snail is dead the warts will be gone. Two years ago I had two big warts on my finger and a man in Moville cured them by spitting on his thumb

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ruby Gibson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gulladoo, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs Gibson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gulladoo, Co. Donegal