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School: Béal Átha Gearr

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Ballygar, Co. Galway
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Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0197

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  2. Leigheasanna

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    A cure for warts is to rub the juice of a dandelion of them.
    A cure for the whooping cough is to take ferret's leavings seven times after one another.
    Dock leaves boiled and eaten in spring purifies the blood.
    The garlic is a cure for ring worm and boils. The camomile is a cure for rheumatism. To rub a snail of a wart and then to hang the snail up on gooseberry will the wart.
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