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School: Corlatty Carroll

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Corlattycarroll, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 242

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    cure of the dirty mouth. The cure is made by breathing three times into the person's mouth.
    A Cure of the Warts
    It is said that if you rub a dead persons head on warts you will be cured. Another cure is if you rub a snail on the warts three times and then hang it on (the) a thorn and while the snail is withering the wart will wither away also. Another cure still is to get a stone with a hole in it and some water in it and wash the warts in it.
    A Cure of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English