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School: Beann-chorr (roll number 13808)

Location:
Banagher, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Hairt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 189

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  1. Cure for Stye in the Eye - An Infallible Cure

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    Get a gooseberry bramble and fasting, take one thorn off each morning for nine mornings and point it towards the eye nine times each morning making the sign of the cross and saying each time you make the sign of the cross, In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sties (~76)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Harte
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65