County Longford snail cures

Popular Cures
Chincough:
(no. 8) Boil a black snail in sweet milk and give milk to child.

Warts:
(no. 1) Get a black snail without looking for it, rub it on warts three times, then hang on a white-thorn bush. As snail withers warts will disappear.

Earache:
Get a black snail, cut off both horns with one cut - instant cure.


Excerpts from 'Folklore from Co. Longford' by Cait Ni Bhradaigh, in Bealoideas, v6 (1936).
* chincough = whooping cough.