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School: Baile Lochnáin

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Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
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Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 172

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    cut a potato in two and bury one half and rub the other half on the wart each day for nine days.
    The cure for a bleeding nose is to put a key down the back of a person's neck.
    The cure for a ring worm is to put a gold wedding ring on it.
    The cure for a whittle is to put the finger into boiling potato water.
    The cure for an ear ache is to put black sheeps wool in the ear.
    The cure for sore eyes is to bathe them in cold tea.
    The cure for a sting of a nettle is to place a dock leaves on it.
    There are sure in some wells especially in those called after saints.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Chonghaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs E. Carter
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly