School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)
- Location:
- Louth, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Randles
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- A cure for rose or whittle. The Casey family have the cure, they cure it by putting their hands on sore and by saying some prayers. The cure for a sty on a persons eye is to point nine gooseberry thorns at three times each day for nine days and after that the sty is cured.
A cure for sore eyes is to put cold tea on a cloth and put it on the sore eyes in the morning when you awake. A cure for warts, rub the milk of the dandelion on the warts three times. A cure for toothache is to put a piece of tobacco into the sore tooth and the person with the toothache will get relief. A cure for(continues on next page)
