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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

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Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 056

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    three days and he says Father, son and Holy Ghost each time.
    The cure for mumps is to put a donkeys winkers on the person having the mumps and another person to take him into a pigs sty three times and say Lecna, Mukna, neakna, each time and the person having the mumps is cured after a few days.
    The cure for warts is to put a black snail on it three times and to put the snail on a bush and when the snail is withering the wart is withering also.
    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
    Pádhraigh Ó Connachtaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carricknashanagh, Co. Louth