School: Dubhais (roll number 16323)

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    and give one prick with each, throwing each thorn away as it is used.
    b. Collect ten thorns; use the first nine as in 'a' above, and throw the tenth away without having used it. The stye "goes" wiht the tenth thorn.
    c. Gather three thorna and give three pricks with each, throwing each away as it is finished with
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  2. The seventh son in a family (without a break) was supposed to possess a cure in his hand for this malady. The sore had to be rubbed by him three times either in the morning or evening according to the time of the day at which the afflicted person was born.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. scrofula (~18)
    Language
    English