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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 166

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    A cure for a sting of a nettle is to get the leaf of a docken and rub the leaf on the sting and say "Docken in and nettle out"
    A cure for the sting of a wasp or a bee is to rub it with blue-bag.
    A cure for chilblains is to get a fasting and rub it into the chilblain in the morning.
    A cure for the hiccup is to give the person that has it a shock
    A cure for sore eyes is to bath them with black tea
    A cure for anyone that has a cut finger or any part of them is to get a spider's web and put it over the cut.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balleeghan, Co. Donegal