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School: Hansard School, Lifford (roll number 11125)

Location:
Lifford, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mairéad Bairéad
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    One day when I was out walking with a friend he got a thorn in his finger. When he came home, his father put the sap of the root of an orange lily on top of the place where the thorn was. This drew out the thorn.
    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. thorns (~32)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Jack Maneely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lifford, Co. Donegal