Scoil: Kilcalf, Tulach an Iarainn

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Local Cures (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   Thrush was cured by cutting the ear of a black goat and tying it with a string around your neck.

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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2. Local Cures

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Doctors were not numerous in olden times. People had to go a number of miles to an old lady to be cured.
   Toothaches were cured by putting a frog into the mouth thrice and if the frog squealed it is said the toothache would go away. A man named Mr. Gearan who was a blacksmith lived in a forge in my district and anyone who wanted to pull a tooth went to him. He used tie a piece of cord to the anvil and to the tooth. He would then stand near the person with a hammer and hit the anvil with it and the person's head would lift up and the jerk would pull out the tooth.
   It was customary to put out a tie or scarf the night before St. Brigid's Day and

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

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   Kilmore West, Co. Waterford