TO CURE WARTS.
On meeting a funeral, take some of the clay from under the feet of the men who bear the coffin and apply it to the wart, wishing strongly at the same time that it may disappear; and so it will be.
FOR A STITCH IN THE SIDE.
Rub the part affected with unsalted butter, and make the sign of the cross seven times over the place.
FOR WEAK EYES.
A decoction of the flowers of daisies boiled down is an excellent wash, to be used constantly.
FOR WATER ON THE BRAIN.
Cover the head well with wool, then place oil-skin over, and the water will be drawn up out of the head. When the wool is quite saturated the brain will be free and the child cured.
FOR HIP DISEASE.
Take three green stones, gathered from a running brook, between midnight and morning, while no word is said. In silence it must be done. Then uncover the limb and rub each stone several times closely downwards from the hip to the toe, saying in Irish—