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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

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Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
C. E. Kidd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 250

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    For a person on who has a sty on his eye point a gooseberry thorn at it in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost and it will get well.
    It is said that if you scoop the inside out of a potato and put it on a boil, the boil will disappear
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    Raheen
    Strahart
    Information recd. from other school children
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    There are a great may old cures for ailments in my home district.
    If you have a bad cut let a dog lick it; this makes it heal up very quickly. If you get a cob-web and put it on a cut, it is supposed to stop bleeding quickly.
    If you put a piece of fresh steak on a bruise it will keep it from turning black.
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    Another old belief is that if you get a snail and rub it on a wart and then hang the snail on a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robt. Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tomanoole, Co. Wexford