School: Clonfad (roll number 11948)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Cionnaodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 360
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- (continued from previous page)washing your feet.
Stye - the cures for this is to get ten gooseberry thorns and to your stye point nine, and throw the tenth into the fire without pointing it to the stye, or to wash your eyes with cold black tea.
Consumption - the cure for this is to eat a bit of garlic, or to swallow a live frog.
Mumps - the cure for this is to tie an old stocking round your neck.
