School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum
- Location:
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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- Stings of nettles or of bees are said to be a cure for rheumatism.
A dock-leaf put on a nettle sting takes away the pain.
- Mrs. Dunne, Slate Row near Rathdrum makes ointments from tapioca and various herbs.
- Collector
- Frank Ellison
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bahana (Whaley), Co. Wicklow
- If you rub a burn in your hair it helps it.
- The juice of a dandelion leaf put on a cut takes away the pain.
The juice of the dandelion or of the wort-milk cures warts.
