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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0945, Page 095

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    Cure for Warts:-
    In Seeing a funeral lift some clay, rub it on the warts and say "My warts go with you."
    Cure for a Bleeding Nose:
    Lie down on your back, put a cold stone to the back of the neck, hold the two hands up high over the head and the bleeding will stop.
    Cure for Hiccough:
    The person who has the hiccough can do nothing for himself but if some-one give him some salt unasked for he must eat three pinches and throw the rest away and this will affect a cure.
    To keep a burn from blistering:
    Rub soap on the burn immediately and this will prevent blisters rising.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán S. Coisdealbha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corravacan, Co. Monaghan