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School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 098

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    1. The cure for "corns" is ivy leaves boiled in new milk.
    2. The cure for a "sty" is the sign of the cross cut in it by a goose-berry thorn.
    3. The cure for the "sting of a wasp" or a bee, or any other insect, is the juice of an onion.
    4. The cure for a "cut" is the leaves of a rag-weed pounded up.
    5. Horse-radish is a very good cure for "evil", which
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