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School: Athea (roll number 15686)

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Athea, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs M. Danaher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 016

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    Sty-:
    1. When a person wakes in the morning rub her fasting spit to it.
    2. Bathe the eye in black tea.
    Warts-:
    1. If a person came upon water in a hollow stone unconsciously, rub the water to the warts.
    2. Cut a potato in two and rub it very hard to them.
    3. Fill a bag with stones and throw it on the road
    and the person who picks it up will get the warts.
    Burn-:
    2. Rub soda and lamp-oil immediately to the burn.
    Boils-:
    1. Mix soap and sugar together and break all the lumps in the sugar then put it to the boil as a
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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
    Peig Ní Chonchubhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athea, Co. Limerick