School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 26_017

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  1. When a person has a tooth-ache, to put a frog in his mouth and leave him there until he screeches three times he would get better.
    Another cure for tooth-ache is to get the tooth of a grainneóg and put it against the sore tooth and the toot-ache would go.
    To drink the juice of tolbeet(?) is another cure for tooth-ache.
    If a thorn went in your finger or foot and you find it hard to take it out, then to get the tongue of a fox ad leave it on the place where
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Pat Malley
    Gender
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