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School: Donabate (B.)

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L. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 285

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    night and one day take it off and pick out the corn
    Andy Byrne Portrane 19th November 1937
    Whitlow:-
    Dip the finger on which the whitlow is on in boiling potato water
    John Halpin 23rd November 1937
    Sty on eye:-
    Prod the sty nine times with a gooseberry thorn
    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
    John Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donabate, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Halpin
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Beaverstown, Co. Dublin