School: Skerries, Athy (roll number 10975)

Location:
Skerries North, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
E. Tansey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 211

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  3. XML “Ailments and Cures - Cure for Earache”
  4. XML “Ailments and Cures - Sty on the Eye”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. earache (~35)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Blanchfield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Youngstown, Co. Kildare
  2. Get a Gooseberry thorn. Point it at the sty three times. Then make the sign of the cross and throw the thorn over your right shoulder and do not look for the thorn. You have only to do this once to cure the sty. My Father told me this cure and I did it and it cured the sty.
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