School: Birr (St. Brendan's)

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teachers:
S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 009

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 009

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  1. (2) The cure for a sty in eye is to get a thorn from a gooseberry tree and stick it in the sty, then get a small box and put the thorn into it and burn it.
    B. Hickey from M. Breen, Newbridge St. Birr.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. (3) A cure which is the most common of all is a very easy cure for stys. Get the remaining tea leaves in the tea-pot. Put it in a cup and get a soft cloth and soak it well with the tea leaves and what ever drop of tea is left. Bathe the sty and it will be cured.
    J Fox from Mrs. Morton, Coolderry, Birr.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. ringworm (~99)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Patrick Meare
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrick, Co. Tipperary