School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 1685)
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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- A stitch in the side: Spit under a stone. Make the sign of the Cross nine times.
Warts: Rub stones to each one of the warts and put them into a paper-bag and leave the bag in the middle of the road. The first person that picks them up takes the warts. Steal a piece of meat and bury it in the manure-heap. Tie a rib from a horse's tail around them Rub a spittle to them before breaking the fast. Rub bainicín to them. (Bainicín is a plant found growing by the banks of rivers. It is known in English as Spurge.)
Put a pin under a fence and tell no-one.
Rub water (for) from the hollow(continues on next page)