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IRISH WART CURE

TAKE A WHOLE POTATOE AND SLICE IT IN HALF. PUT ONE HALF ASIDE. TAKE
THE FIRST HALF AND RUB IT ON THE WART ONCE A DAY FOR NINE DAYS, THEN
THROW IT AWAY. NEXT TAKE THE SECOND HALF AND FOR NINE MORE DAYS RUB
IT ON THE WART, THEN DISCARD IT. THE WART SHOULD SOON DISAPPEAR.

Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- P763

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