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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

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Lenamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 313

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    from a stye in the eye. The affected person pricks it daily for nine days with a gooseberry thorn, and a cure is effected.
    A snail rubbed nine times on a wart is stuck on a whitethorn and when the snail has withered, the wart is gone. A child with whooping cough is passed three times over and under a donkeys foal, and will, it is believed gradually get better.
    Water found in a (rock when) hole in a rock when you are not looking, is believed to cure warts, and so is a stone which has been accidently boiled with potatoes.
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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
    Philomena Newman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mary Newman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Longford