School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent) (roll number 934)
- Location:
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Sr. Colmcille
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- For a toothache smoke a pipe.
For warts bless your wart with your fast spit until it is gone. Also if you meet a black snail accidently rub it on your wart, hang it on a black thorn bush and as soon as the snail withers away your wart will do likewise.
Drop three pins into a well and then drop three more into a churchyard.
Cure for a sore throat roast salt on a shovel and put it into an old sock and tie it around your neck.
Cure for a sty in(continues on next page)- Collector
- Jenny Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath