School: Aughclare
- Location:
- Aughclare, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: M.E. Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)tightly around a cut has the same effect.If you lose your way in a field at night, you should turn right around and bless yourself, and you would then know your way home.Penny-leaves are applied under an old clean cloth to corns. Every second night they should be changed, and the corn will fall out after about a week.Ivy leaves boiled are also good for corns. They are supposed to disappear after a week or so.A bit of sheep's wool, cut off near the sheep's back so that the oil is in it, is good for ear-ache if put in the ear.A gooseberry thorn if struck in a sty on the eye, is supposed to cure the sty, and it will not come any more.A live frog put in the mouth, and left there until it jumps out is supposed to cure toothache.The heart of a raw onion is good for ear-ache if placed in the ear.In a hole in one of the rocks of Sliabh Coillte, there are little stones to be(continues on next page)
