School: Dún Ceann Fhaolaidh (roll number 15499)
- Location:
- Dunkineely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seaghan Mac Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 301
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- XML “Cures - Sore Throat”
- XML “Cures - Toothache”
- XML “Cures - Foul Mouth”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - It is supposed if the sufferer go[es] to a churchyard at midnight and procure a skull with teeth intact and pull one of the teeth from the skull and rub the affected tooth that the toothache will be cured.
- This disease common in young children is cured by a posthumous child breathing into the sufferers mouth.
