School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)
- Location:
- Baile Uí Aodha, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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- (continued from previous page)Burns (1) If a person caught a lizard between his hands with two rushes and licked him three times, that person would have a cure in his tongue for burns.
(2) Laurel-leaves mixed with lard, applied to a burn, would cure it. Warts (1) To wash them with water found unexpectedly in the hollow of a rock.
(2) To steal a piece of meat and bury it in a heap of manure. According as the meat decayed the warts would go away.
(3) To rub the juice of Sun Spruss, which grows in the garden, to them. As it soaks in the the wards go away. Earache.
(1) A piece of wool dipped in the blood spilled for in St Martin (it is the custom to kill a cock and spill the blood in honour of St. Martin on his Feastday 11th November) and melt a bit of butter which was soaked with the wool. To(continues on next page)