School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- Hide a piece of bacon in manure and when you have a wart it will go away.
Another cure for a wart is if you see a well of water in limestone wash your wart with it every morning for nine days but you must not look for the well of water or your wart will not go away.
If you have the hiccoughs drink out of the wrong side of a cup.
If you fasted every morning for nine mornings and if you had a wart it would go away.
If you had a sty get a gold ring and rub it to your eye and make the sign of the cross over your eye.
If you have a cut let a dog lick it.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Damien Stack
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Bride Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 29
- Address
- Na Gleannta Thuaidh, Co. Kerry