School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 080

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  1. Cures.
    A cure for a stie in to get ten gooseberryes thorns and pint them at the stie in the name of the Father son and Holy Ghost Throw tenth one across your right shoulder and buirey the nine in a wet place(?).
    A cure for sore eyes is to rub tea leaves is to rub tea leaves to them or wash with black tea soft.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim