School: Mountmellick (B.) (roll number 16070)
- Location:
- Mountmellick, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Dll. Binéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 477
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- XML “<span class="exact">Cures</span> - <span class="exact">Old</span> <span class="token">Cure</span> for Warts”
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- A cure for a cold is to boil some butter milk, Put a pinch of pepper and a bit of butter into it. This is to be drank before going to bed,
- Mrs. Coyne, Garroon, Mountmellick, Laoighis, by saying certain prayers is able to cure warts. Then the person who has the wart goes into the Church once a day and makes the sign of the cross on the wart with holy water. After some time the wart dissappears.
- Ink is rubbed all around the ring(continues on next page)
