School: Wexford (4) (roll number 12524)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Victoria M. Sherwood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 220
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- Long ago in Wexford the people had few doctors to come to them when they were sick they depended on the herbs that grew.The herbs were their medicine but first they had to make their medicine out of the herbs.Some old people have kept the cures down from long ago.I often heard old people saying that when you cut your finger and can't stop it bleeding get a piece of a cobweb and stick it to your finger and that will stop it.If any one happens to be out in a field and gets stung with nettles he should pluck a dock-leaf and put it on the sting saying this rhyme:"Dock Leaf", "Dock Leave".
"Take the sting of the nettle away" and you find it cures it because I did it hundreds of times.Another cure is for warts.Take a little bag and put into it some little stones according to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Norah Boyce
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
