School: Urlingford (B.)
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- Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Mac Coitir
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- (continued from previous page)Here again herbs came into use as well as the burning of the garment worn next the skin.
Holy wells were visited for obtaining certain cures.
Water lodged in cavity of a rock was used to cure warts. To rub a black snail to a wart and then leave him in a bush, when the snail dies the wart disappears. Another cure was to put a stone in a bag for every wart, and leave it where another will find it. That person will take the warts. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.