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School: Gortloney (roll number 11978)

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Gortloney, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eoghan de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 209

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    A Wart:- Stick a snail on the branch of a tree, and while the snail is withering, the wart is withering.
    Bad Stomach:- If you have a bad stomach, swallow a live snail.
    Ring Worm:- Make a circle round the ringworm with a gold soverign.
    Measles:- If a person has the measles, he drinks the juice of boiled nettles.
    Running Worm:- If there are seven sons in succession in a family, and if a worm is placed in the seventh son's hand at his birth, and left in it till it dies, he will have the cure of the running worm.
    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
    Lillie Guirke
    Gender
    Female