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School: Duncormick

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Duncormick, Co. Wexford
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P. S. Ó hEachthigheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 032

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    Three prods of a gooseberry thorn is a cure for a stye on the eye.
    Rubbing a wart in the dew off the grass for nine mornings will cure warts.
    One pint of asses milk is a cure for the whooping cough. Salt and water is a cure for sore eyes.
    Hot salt in a stocking around the neck is a cure for sore throat.
    Mrs Underwood, of Drinagh cures eczema.
    Mrs Lee, Cousinstown cures several diseases.
    There are wart-curing wells at Killag, Duncormick, and Ballyconnick.
    Hot poppy heads are a cure for gum-boils.
    Dick Roche,
    Johnstown.
    Duncormick.
    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
    Dick Roche
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Wexford