School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)
- Location:
- Buckode, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Muiris Mac Gearailt
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- (continued from previous page)roots mixed with ivy and stewed for a few minutes. It is applied like an ointment.
A cure for a toothache is white thorn bark stept in black tea and held in the mouth for a few minutes.
Old cobwebs were applied when bleeding started and often cured the person.
There are many cures for warts and the follwing are some of them-
Get a black snail and rub it to the wart. Tie the snail to a string and hang it from a tree. As the snail decays the wart dissappears.
When opening a chicken take the inside parts of its gizzard and rub it to the wart, then(continues on next page)
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