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School: Grange (roll number 3759)

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Grange, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 156

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    In this district there are cures known for sprains, stings, styes and headaches.
    The cure for a sprain is to get a thread from a weavers son or daughter and to leave it tied on the sprain until it would fall off itself.
    The cure for a stye on the eye is to pull ten gooseberry thorns and to first throw away one. The other nine are pointed to the stye on nine consecutive mornings so that only one is thrown away each morning.
    The cure for an insect sting is to rub laundry blue on the part which was stung.
    The cure
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Mollie Rooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr James Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Michael Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 48
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo