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School: Ballysadare (B.) (roll number 7410)

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Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Sitric
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 099

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    a few nights and days is said to soften it so that it can be pulled out.
    A cure for a sty on the eye is to get ten thorns. Point nine of them at your eye throw the tenth away saying In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen.
    Ivy leaves stabbed with a pin and put to a scab is said to cure any sort of scab.
    Dandaline boiled on milk is a cure for chest and lung trouble.
    Roasted salt put to your neck in a stocking is a cure for a soar throat.
    A fasting spit on the morning is a cure for a wart.
    A docking is a cure for a nettle burn or hard running blood. It is to be chewed and then put to the cut and it is supposed to stop it from bleeding
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    D. Mc Gloin
    Address
    Ballysadare, Co. Sligo