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School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)

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Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 153

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    A Cure for Corns.
    To rub melted butter and sugar on it, is a cure.
    A Cure for a sty.
    To get a gooseberry thorn and tip it to the sty nine times and then throw it across your left shoulder.
    A cure for the sting of a Wasp.
    To cut a potato in two halves and rub it to the sting.
    A Cure for Pimples.
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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
    Patrick King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth