School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)
- Location:
- Thurles, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Aodán
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- People had a great many remedies for ailments long ago. For example: warts. They used to bury some weeds unknown to anybody and when they withered the warts also withered. Another cure is to spit on them before breakfast or to rub a snail to them before breakfast or to rub a snail to them and they would also go, or put some stones in a paper and to leave them on the road and whoever picks it up will take the warts and the other person will get rid of them.
Bread-soda and castor-oil mixed, and to rub it to them is(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora O' Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary