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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 445

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    If you lick a frog and put it on a swollen jaw it will cure a tooth-ache.
    A cure for a wart is put the juice of a dandelion on it or tie a piece of straw around it. If you sprain your finger boil a marsh-mallow and bathe your finger with the juice.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noel Dean
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Turnapin Lane, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr Arthur Dean
    Gender
    Male