School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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There are (is) many cures for warts and some of them are to get a snail and rub it on the wart and then tie the snail on a briar bush and as the snail withers and dies the wart will wither and fall off.
There is another which is a very good one and it is to get a lump of washingsoda and rub it on the wart and then the washingsoda will dry up the wart and after some time the wart will fall out.
There is a cure for a stye and it is to get seven gooseberry thorns and point six of them at the stye and then throw the seventh away.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Jim Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balleeghan, Co. Donegal