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School: Dún Béicín (roll number 14822)

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Doonbeakin, Co. Sligo
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Máire Nic Giolla Geanainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 0670

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    It was a old remedy for a sty in the eye to get seven thorns of a gooseberrybush and to point six one at a time at the eye and throw away the seventh, and the cure is made then.
    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
    Hugh Golden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunowla, Co. Sligo
    Collector
    Jack Dunleavy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunowla, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Loftus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunowla, Co. Sligo