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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 275

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    The Cure for warts: place a pebble for each wart on a little bag and leave it on the road and the first person who takes up the bag off the road takes the warts from the person who has left it there.
    The Cure for swollen eyelid caused by a pimple commonly called a sty, get the thorn of a gooseberry bush and touch the sty with the point of the thorn for nine mornings.
    Cure for Antony's fire: some persons believe it takes the fresh blood from a person named Kehoe to cure it.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patty Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Richard Bulmer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Hacketstown, Co. Carlow