School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)

Location:
Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 191

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 191

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  1. XML School: Cappamore (B.)
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  3. XML “Local Cures - Sore Hands”
  4. XML “Local Cures - Sore Finger”
  5. XML “Local Cures - Sore Eyes”
  6. XML “Local Cures - Cures for Sties”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sore eyes (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Mulcahy
    Collector
    P. O' Donoghue
  2. If you have a sty in your eye,the old people say it will be better by looking out through a gold ring. After looking through the ring then make a sign of the cross three times over
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