School: St. Brendan's, Birr

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Br O' Boyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 107

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  1. Local Cures
    Warts
    Bury a piece of fat in the ground and when the fat rots the wart will rot.
    Get a piece of chicken weed and rub on the wart every morning for nine mornings.
    John O Brien, 6 Eden Road, Birr, Offaly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
  2. Headache
    Get some vinegar and drop it on the place where you have the pain and the ache will go.
    Get a piece of cloth and steep it in whiskey and rub it on the head.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.