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School: Doocarrick

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Doocarrick, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Miss Oldfield
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  3. XML “Cure for Whitlow”
  4. XML “A Cure for A Sty On The Eye”

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  1. Cure for Whitlow

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whitlow (~25)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs R. Mc Cullagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dernaskeagh, Co. Cavan

  2. A Cure for A Sty On The Eye

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    A cure for a sty on the eye
    Get 10 gooseberry thorns and throw the tenth one away over your shoulder. Then point the other nine thorns to the sty once each day for three days. At the end of the three days throw them all away and the sty
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