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School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)

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Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 344

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    If you dip chilblains in a basin of snow it is supposed to cure them. (?) if they are dipped in the water in which the blacksmith cools his iron, this is supposed to effect a cure.
    If you put milk of the seven sister on a wart, or if you rub a snail on it, it is supposed to cure it.
    If a child has whooping cough,
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