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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 135

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    Warts-
    If when walking along the road you see a hole in a stone with water in it, dip the wart in the water and it will get better. Leave a pin every morning in a hole in a stone for nine mornings, and at the end of the ninth morning the want will be gone. If you find a snail lift it up and rub it to the wart. Then hang it on a tree, and when the snail is withering the wart will be going away. Cut a potato into eight parts, rub each one on the wart then hide
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Kierans
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnalea, Co. Cavan