School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)

Location:
Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 191

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 191

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  3. XML “Local Cures - Sore Hands”
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  5. XML “Local Cures - Sore Eyes”
  6. XML “Local Cures - Cures for Sties”

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  1. If a person has a sore eye he gets the tealeaves that are left after the tea, and puts them to it. First, the eye is washed, and then the tealeaves are put to it, with a bandage.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sties (~76)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    M. Ryan