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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 142

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    it to the sting saying at the same time "Coppock Coppock cure the sting of the dirty nasty nettle.
    Sty
    The cure of a sty on a person's eye is to get three thorns of a gooseberry bush and some other person to point them at the sty. Before they point them they must bless themselves.
    Hiccough
    For the hiccough people chew a briar leaf. Another cure is to give the person who has it
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    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
    null
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    null
    Gender
    Male