School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   of white bread steeped in boiling water on it
   Cure for a sting of a wasp or a bee: Rub blue on it.
   Cure for sore eyes: Bathe them in cold tea.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   The "ban", the "Croppies field", the "Rath", "Harry's Hill", the "brick field", "the white field", the green tay. There is a field called the "Hilly-hollows" in the townland of Lismullen. There is a field called "Hogan's field" in the townland of Lismullen It is called "Hogan's field" because a man named Hogan used to live there. There is a field called the "wood field" in the townland of Bellinter it is called the "wood field" because there is a wood beside it.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Philpotstown, Co. Meath

   Collector

   Ita Fleming

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Jordanstown, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Brendan Fleming

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Jordanstown, Co. Meath