School: Palmerstown (roll number 14080)
- Location:
- Palmerston, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Tuohy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0795, Page 100
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- Catch a sparrow; split it in two; put it up to the eye.
Mr. Hanlon Rathcoole cured his eye in this way. He fell on a stick an injured his eye. It was cured when he applied a split sparrow on it. Miss Mulhare told me about this cure.
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