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   is supposed that if you were going in danger it would be a very good thing to visit that well and bring a bottle of water from it so that you would be able to get through all right. A captain by the name of Casey was going to America from Ireland he brought water from this well. A great storm arose and he escaped all right.

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2. Local Cures

   

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   Erysipelas, corns, rheumatism, cuts, headache, toothache, earache, consumption, St. Anthony's fire, newmonia, measles, warts, chilblains, whooping cough, diptheria, scarlatina, sciatica, cancer,
   A cure for corns is a penny leaf. It is the shape of a penny and it is found in the side of a ditch. They boil it in milk.
   A cure for rheumatism is to put nettles on the part until it blisters. A cure for cuts is to put a cobweb on the cut to stop it from bleeding. A headache is cured by snuffing up the fumes of whiskey in your nose. Toothaches are cured by putting whiskey in your mouth and leave it there for a while.
   A cure for earache is to dip wool in olive oil and put it in the ear.
   A cure for St Anthony's fire is to rub ink on the part where the disease is, or Cahill's blood to rub on it, Cahill's blood is the blood from a person named Cahill.

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