School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16739)
- Location:
- Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: An Br. M.N. Mac Oireachtaigh
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- 238(vi) Another cure for a wart is to get a straw and rub it on the wart nine times the sign of the Cross. Then bury the straw and when the straw decays the wart also decays.Written by S. Mac Eanraic
Received from : Mrs. Hendrick
Address : 17 Duffry St.
Age : 70.- Collector
- S. Mac Éanraic
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Hendrick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
- (vii) Another cure for warts is to get a bag of stones and make the sign of the cross over each wart with a stone. Then put the stones in a bag and throw it away. Whoever gets the bag gets the warts himself.Wtitten by M. O Connollaidhe
Received from : Thomas Connolly
Address : Drumgoold- Collector
- M. O Connollaídhe
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumgold, Co. Wexford
- (viii) For warts a cure is to rub them for nine mornings with washing soda.viiii Another cure for a wart is a drop of ink placed on the wart each night for nine nights and the wart withers away.
Written by Felix Murphy- Collector
- Felix Murphy
- Gender
- Male