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School: Rathcoyle, Kiltegan

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Rathcoyle Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 073

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    Dockleaves: If you got a sting of a nettle and squeeze a dockleaf on the affected part it would ease the pain.
    Sheepswool plucked fresh from a sheep will cure a cold on the chest.
    The following is a cure for measles:-
    Sheepdroppings boiled in milk and strained, and the liquid then given to the affected person.
    Hemlockleaves boiled and made into a poultice is a cure for rheumatism.
    If a person had sore eyes and bathed them in cold tea they would get well.
    If a person got scalded and burned and if he put breadsoda on the wounded part it
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