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School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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    1. If you get a sting of a nettle rub the wet that's inside on a docken to it.
    2. When you have "glewrogs" ("Pins and needles" (small) cadladh gluairic?) in your fingers, rub them in your hair.
    3. When you get a burn rub butter or breadsoda on it.
    4. If you have a headache put a pinch of salt on your tongue and in two minutes take a drink of cold water.
    5. The cure of hacks on your fingers is to melt wax and drop it into the hack.
    6. If you get a bite of a cat the cure is, to rub it on the hair of her back.
    7. If you get a prod of a thorn, get the thorn of a gooseberry
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Grace Crawford
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stirrupstown, Co. Meath