School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs E.J. Roberts
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- (continued from previous page)morning and breathed on him and he were healed.
A snail is rubbed to a Wart three times in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost to take it away. The snail is then hung on a thorn, The wart disappears as fast as the snail withers away.
Another cure for warts is to cut a potato in two and rub the wart with it and then throw the potato up on the roof of a house and as the potato withers the wart withers.- Collector
- Arthur Bell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughan, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr C. Bell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughan, Co. Meath