School: Mercy Convent
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: The Sisters
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- (continued from previous page)nine thorns of a gooseberry bush and sticking one into the stye each morning for nine consecutive mornings. When you have applied the thorn to the eye you should throw the thorn over your left shoulder.
A cure for a burn is to lick an eel and then breathe on the burn.
For a hiccough take salt on your hand and swallow three pinches of it and then throw the remainder into the fire.- Collector
- Sadie Herron
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan