School: Shinrone (C.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mary Mc Mahon
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- (continued from previous page)and then they drink the milk in which they boiled the herb and the hives are cured. The cure is known by Mrs Mullally,
Spruse Hill
Co Tipperary aged 49 years. Another herb is a dockleaf which is a small plant which grow in fields. It grows six leaves and has no blossoms. It is a cure for a sting of a nettle, it has a small heart and if you rub the heart of it to the sting it will cure it. It is known by many people. - In olden times people used honey for a toothache they also used to put a frog into their mouth for a toothache, but no people do(continues on next page)