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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 089

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    wart you have put a niche in it and bury it in some place and while it is decaying the warts will decay away. Get any sort of a box and a little stone and put the stone on the wart then put it in the box and throw it on the road and whoever takes up the box they will take the warts. If you get a shell snail and rub it on the wart and stick it on a thorn then and while it is decaying away the wart will decay away. Also the water which
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80