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School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)

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Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 127

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    Warts:
    (a) Fill a bag of stones and put them on the road and whoever picks them up takes the warts.
    (b) Rub your fasting spit to the wart
    (c) Rub barley to each wart and put it into a bag and whoever will pick it up will take them from you.
    (d) Rub fat meat to them.
    (e) Cut a hole in a raw potatoe and put some salt in it and leave it till it melts When it is melted rub on to the warts.
    (f) Get a snail and rub him three times to the wart and then put the snail on a bush and while he is decaying the wart will be going away.
    Baldness:
    (a) Burn a frog and wash your head with the ashes mixed in water.
    Chilblains:
    (a) Rub goose grease to them.
    (b) Rub paraffin oil to them
    (c) Rub ink to them.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Riain
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Bhraonáin
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Éibhlín Ní Riain
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Éibhlís De Brún
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Máire Ní Chéirín
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Máire Ní Chonglaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Máirín Ní Riain
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Padraig O Riain
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Séamus Ó Dálaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Chéirín
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Suibhán Ní Riain
    Gender
    Female