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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 267

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    cake or red ribbon.
    V Cure for sty
    If a person has a sty on his eye he gets a goose-berry branch having ten thorns on it. Each morning he blesses himself with the thorns and throws away the last one. According as the thorns are wasted the sty is dying away.
    VI Cure for thorn
    If a thorn goes in far in ones flesh so that it is impossible to take it out "Blessed Butter" is applied. Mrs. Nash, Drumcree Collinstown, Co. Westmeath has this cure. She prays over unsalted butter and this is applied to the thorn.
    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
    Annie Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss Betty Partlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cummerstown, Co. Westmeath