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School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 062

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    Whooping cough :- Get a piece of brown bread from a married woman whose name never changed even though she is married.
    Sore eye :- To cure it get ten thorns and point nine of them to the eye and throw the tenth one away. The person that does it must have his mother and father living.
    Sore finger :- To get someone to stand between the door-way and stand on the finger this is supposed to cure it.
    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
    Christina Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    North Road, Co. Louth
    Informant
    T. Curran
    Address
    Monasterboice, Co. Louth