School: Ceann Mhálainne
- Location:
- Ardmalin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán S. Ó Coigligh
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- (continued from previous page)your warts will grow on them.
People go to Cnóc a loc fasting on a Friday morning and the go round the loc three times on the bare feet.
After that you should lift a bottle of the water and drink it every morning for a week and your toothace will get better.
- If any one has a toothache the old people tell them to kiss a frog and the pain will go away.
Another cure for a toothache is to take a hurchin's tooth and rub it against the tooth that the toothache is in and the pain will go away.
Some people put a leaf of tobacco on their tooth and it is said it is a good cure.
There is a girl who is said to have warts and she heard of Dandelion Juice being a cure for them.
So one day she picked dandelions and rubbed their juice on her warts and she did this every day and before a month all her warts were gone.
Putting blood in a paper bag is another cure. The old people say to bleed a wart and(continues on next page) - Collector
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