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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 19_036

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  1. Cure for Sore Eyes

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    Cure for sore eyes
    Get three thorns that would be on a hawthorn bush and point them three times to the sore eyes on Saturday and Thursday and the followiing Saturday again.
    Cure for pain in ear
    Get a woollen cloth and boil nettles and put the juice of the nettles on the cloth and put it into the ear and the pain will go.
    Cure for sore throat
    Cut up an onion and put it into a cup and put in three tablespoonfuls of sugar and put it on top of the onion and cover both of them well until the juice of the onion and sugar melt then take it.
    Cure for pain in head
    Cut up a piece of garlic and boil
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    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. sore eyes (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountbrown, Co. Mayo