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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 60

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    its sex is known. The sore is blessed three times by the person who has the cure.
    A cure for a sty on your eye is to take ten gooseberry thorns, dab the eye with nine of them and throw the tenth over your right shoulder.
    The cure for the hiccough is to get a big fright.
    A cure for the jaundice is to go to a spot where three counties meet and lift a vessel of water and give it to the patient.
    The cure for the mumps is to go in and out three times under a donkey.
    The cure for measles is to take nettle tea.
    The cure for your nose
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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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May O Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs O Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal