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School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)

Location:
Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
R. Ó Luinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 157

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    dip it in Molahoye's Well and it would be cured. Every morning if you had a wart lick it before your breakfast and it will cure it. Walk around a chair four miles and drink a pint of water to cure rheumatism. Get a dog to lick a sore and it will get cured.
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    If you get a wart on your hand, get a snail and rub the froth of the of the snail on your hand for nine mornings and nine nights and it will go away.
    If you get a sting of a nettle,
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Carew
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Carew
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford