School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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- (continued from previous page)get a snail and put it on the wart then leave the snail on a bush and then the snail will go away as well as the wart.
The milk of dandeline is another cure.
If you get a sting of a nettle rub a dock leaf on it.
If you get a sting of a wasp or a bee rub blue on it.
If you get a burn you rub salt on it. If we get a sore throat we drink water and salt. (no title)
“In Rathcoole there is a field and in this field a windmill.”
In Rathcoole there is a field and in this field a windmill. Long ago the top was blown off. Beside this is buried a king who was killed during the greatwar. In side the windmill there is a stair and from the top Howth can be seen.- Collector
- Rita Purcell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin