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School: Boicetown, Dunleer (roll number 843)

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Boycetown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
J. Higgins
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    The local cure for sites in to get a person whose parents are alive to pull ten gooseberry dalk off a gooseberry bush and put nine of them one by one opposite the sty, saying while doing so “Sty sty take care of the dalk.” Then the person blesses himself with the dalk and throws it across his right shoulder. This has to be done for three days in succession.
    The local cure for warts is to cut a raw potato to nine parts, and rub each part to the warts. Then bury the parts. If the parts grown the warts will grow, but if the parts don’t grow, the warts will disappear.
    The local cure for sore feet is to wash them in sea-water.
    The local cure a sore is a dog’s lick.
    The local cure for the toothache is to say three angelic salutations daily to St Anthony.
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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
    Mary Callan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port, Co. Louth