School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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- (continued from previous page)Dog bites - pluck a hair out of the dogs back and rub it on the bite
Splinter in a finger, rub bacon on the sore
To draw bruised blood or for a black eye place fresh lean meat on the part
The people in Donegal used to throw earth out of a garden on a person when he fainted
It is said if you had a sty in your eye you should get a thorn from a gooseberry and prod it three times - Amongst the industries carried on in Maryboro' 150 years ago and since were: spinning, basket-(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy Delany
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Miss Phelan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois