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School: St. Vincent de Paul, Drogheda (roll number 851)

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Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. Magdalen
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    An old cure for a sty on the eye:-
    Get thirteen thorns from a gooseberry bush, and for three days in succession bless the eye with the thorns and then throw the thorns across the right shoulder.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sties (~76)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    North Road, Co. Louth