School: St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh

Location:
Béal Átha Seanaidh, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
An Br. S. Ó Murchadha
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    Long ago people had many cures. A cure for a wart was to cut nine slices of potato and to rub them on the wart saying :- In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen...

    Long ago people had many cures. A cure for a wart was to cut nine slices of potato and to rub them on the wart saying :- In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then you were to tie them up in a parcel and leave then at a cross-roads. When you were going home you weren’t to look back. Whoever found the parcel got the warts and the person who had them got better.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
          1. leigheasanna ar ghalair ar dhaoine
            1. faithní (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Machaire Cairthe, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Mrs Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Machaire Cairthe, Co. Dhún na nGall
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    On most houses in Ireland there grows a little green plant called house-leek. This is supposed to be a cure for a corn...

    On most houses in Ireland there grows a little green plant called house-leek. This is supposed to be a cure for a corn. A cure for a wart was to put spittle on the wart saying – In the name of the Father and of the Son etc. You were to be fasting when you did this. You were supposed to do it for nine mornings.
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