School: Tomhaggard
- Location:
- Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)the cure in his tongue for burns.Cure for Toothache
Anyone that holds a frog in his mouth will get cured of toothache.
Saint johns well in Tomhaggard is said to be a cure for sore eyes if you visit it nine times.
Mella Curley
Tenacre - Cure for Warts
Spit on your warts for nine mornings before your breakfast.
Spit on your warts and rub them with the head of a match
Rub your warts with a snail and put the snail on the thorn of a shock and if the snail be gone the next day your warts will be gone too.
Rub your warts with the juice of a certain shrub. I do not know the name of this shrub.
Get washing soda and melt it with a lighting candle and let drip on your warts.
Wash your hands with potato water and washing soda.- Collector
- Eamonn Connick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford