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School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)

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Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 027

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    The cure for sty on the eye is to get ten thorns of a gooseberry bush, point nine to your eye and throw away the tenth. While you are pointing them to your eye you have to say some prayers. The cure for a sore cut is to put a primrose leaf on it and it will cure it. For coughs and colds a dandline leaf is used garlic is also good for colds. Celery is good for pains. Leeches are a good cure for sore eyes, houseleek is also a good cure for sore eyes. The cure for warts is to get a black snail without looking for it and rub it to your wart and hang the snail on a bush and don't look at it. Chicken-weed is a cure for a blister on your hand or your foot or a sprained wrist or a sprained ankle. There is also a cure for corns, a herb which grows near the water's edge.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs J. Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim