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School: St Columba's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 064

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    and it will get better.
    If a person gets burned with hot water or hot tea he can cure it with buttermilk. When you get burned rub the burn with the butter-milk, then the pain will go away.
    If a person takes sore eyes he can cure them with hot-tea. Rub the hot tea in your eyes every morning. After a few days the pain will go away.
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  2. Jack Jack Show Your Light

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    In the middle of the winter when the nights are very dark many games are played. One of these games is called, Jack Jack Show Your Light. About eight boys gather together, and one of them takes a flash lamp with him. The boy who has got the flash lamp gets chased by the other boys.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus Cutliffe
    Gender
    Male