School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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11. Sting of a nettle
A cure for a sting of a nettle is to get a dock-leaf and keep it to the sting and after a while the sting will go.
12. Sty
A cure for a sty in the eye is to get ten gooseberry thorns and point nine three times at the eye saying, In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. When this is done you should burn the tenth and the sty will go.
13. Sting of a bee or a clag.
A cure for a sting of a bee or a clag or a wasp is to get blue and rub it on the sting and then it goes.
