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1. A Cure for Warts (continued)

   

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   Then turn round three times, close the eyes and walk eleven steps backward. Then go home but dont talk to anyone on your way.

   

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2. Cure for Warts

   

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   there is a plant the !seven sisters" and when the stem of it is broken it gives fourth milky substance. this substance when applied to warts cures them.

   

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3. Cure for A Burn

   

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   Mrs Browne of Drum has a cure for a burn. Every time she happens to see leech she licks it. Then to cure burns she licks the affected part.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
            1. medicine for human sicknesses
               1. burns (~116)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Lowe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullaghboy, Co. Cavan