School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: The Sisters
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 108
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- 1; A person with a sore eye washed it night and morning with cold tea. Clay was steeped in buttermilk. This was allowed to settle and was then applied to the eye. For a stye the eye was pricked with a gooseberry thorn. A stye may also be removed by looking through a gold ring at a green leaf and making the Sign of the Cross with the ring over the eye for three mornings in succession. Of this cure I have had experience myself on several occasions.
2; A cure for a sore eyes is clay which was steeped in buttermilk applied to them.
3; A tea made from oaten meal is also a very good cure for sore eyes, when bathed frequently with it.
