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School: St. Brendan's, Birr

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Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Br O' Boyle
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    Earache
    Light a pipe put a hankerchief on the bowl of it and blow though the bowel of it.
    Sting of a Nettle.
    Get a dockleaf and rub it on the place where you get the sting.

    From: John O Brien
    6 Eden Rd, Birr, Offaly.
    Willie Dunne
    6 Eden Rod, Birr, Offaly.
    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. headache (~58)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly