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School: Druim (roll number 16557)

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Drum, Co. Galway
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Máiréad Ní Dhubháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0298

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    for a few times, it would be cured of the cough.
    A wart is a common skin trouble, and are generally known to appear on the hands and feet. This is a common remedy for it. The person on whom it appears should steal a piece of bacon from a neighbouring house. The bacon should be rubbed to the wart three times, and then buried in the manure heap. While the bacon would be rotting, the wart would be fading until finally there would be no trace of it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tess Rafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larraga, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Catherine Rafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Larraga, Co. Galway